Citation: Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:573 (1814).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Gaillardia, blanket flower.

Description:
Perennial herb 20-70 cm high; stems several from the base, erect, sparsely branched or simple, herbaceous, pubescent, striate; lower leaves oblanceolate to narrowly oblong; upper leaves narrowly oblong to lanceolate, 5-15 cm long, 5-20 mm wide, densely pubescent, with entire to shallowly irregular-toothed margins.

Peduncles robust, erect, naked, pubescent, to 30 cm long; involucral bracts lanceolate; the outer ones patent, 6-13 mm long, hairy; hairs of receptacle 4-5 mm long; ligules elliptic, entire, 2-3 cm long, bright-yellow with a purple base; disk florets purple.

Achenes c. 4 mm long, with long appressed hairs attached at the base; pappus scales 6-10, 2-3 mm long excluding the awns.

Distribution:  An occasional garden escape on roadsides.   Vic.   Native to North America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: summer to winter.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Uses: The species and its hybrids are widely cultivated as ornamentals.

Author: Not yet available