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blanket flower, brown-eyed susan, common blanket-flower, common gaillardia, common Indian blanket, great-flower gaillardia

western blanketflower

Habit Perennials (sometimes flowering first year), 20–80 cm. Perennials, 5–35 cm.
Leaves

basal and cauline or cauline;

petiolar bases 5–15 cm;

blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 5–15 cm × 5–30(–40) mm, margins raggedly pinnately lobed to toothed or entire, faces scabrellous and/or sparsely to densely villous (hairs jointed).

mostly cauline;

petiolar bases 2–8 cm;

blades obovate to oblanceolate or spatulate, mostly 2–5(–8) cm × 5–25 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes obscurely lobed or toothed, faces sparsely villous.

Peduncles

(5–)20–35+ cm.

2–6(–10) cm.

Ray florets

(6–)12–18+;

corollas yellow or yellow/purple, rarely tubular and 5-lobed, usually distally laminate and 3-lobed, 15–35+ mm.

7–10;

corollas yellow, 12–16 mm.

Disc florets

60–120+;

corollas usually purple or purple-tipped, sometimes yellow, tubes 0.5–1.5 mm, throats cylindric to urceolate, 4.5–5.5 mm, lobes lance-ovate to triangular-attenuate, 1–2 mm, jointed hairs 0.3+ mm.

60–100+;

corollas yellow, tubes 0.8–1.2 mm, throats cylindric to urceolate, 4–4.5 mm, lobes ovate-deltate, 0.8–1.2 mm, jointed hairs 0.3+ mm.

Phyllaries

24–40+ ovate to lance-attenuate, 10–15+ mm, ciliate with jointed hairs (also strigose and gland-dotted).

18–24+, lanceolate-ovate to lanceolate-attenuate, 8–12 mm, villous with jointed hairs.

Cypselae

clavate (outer) to obpyramidal (inner), 2.5–6 mm, hairs 1.5–2.5 mm, inserted at bases;

pappi of 8 ovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 5–6 mm (scarious bases 1.5–3 × 0.4–1.5 mm).

obpyramidal, 3–4 mm, hairs 1.5–2 mm, inserted at bases and on angles and faces;

pappi of 10 lanceolate, aristate scales 5–6.5+ mm (scarious bases 3.5–4.5 × 0.8–1.5 mm).

Receptacular

setae 2–6 mm.

setae 0.3–2 mm.

2n

= 34, 68.

= 34.

Gaillardia aristata

Gaillardia spathulata

Phenology Flowering May–Sep. Flowering May–Jun(–Oct).
Habitat Open places, usually among aspens or pines, or with sagebrush, often dry, sandy benches or bars Clays or sandy soils, often rocky places, deserts
Elevation 200–2900 m [700–9500 ft] 1200–2400 m [3900–7900 ft]
Distribution
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CO; CT; ID; MA; MN; MT; ND; NH; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NT; SK; YT
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CO; UT
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 424. FNA vol. 21, p. 424.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Gaillardia Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Gaillardia
Sibling taxa
G. aestivalis, G. amblyodon, G. arizonica, G. coahuilensis, G. multiceps, G. parryi, G. pinnatifida, G. pulchella, G. spathulata, G. suavis
G. aestivalis, G. amblyodon, G. aristata, G. arizonica, G. coahuilensis, G. multiceps, G. parryi, G. pinnatifida, G. pulchella, G. suavis
Name authority Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 573. (1813) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 59. (1876)
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