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Arizona blanketflower, Pringle's blanketflower

Habit Annuals, 5–40 cm.
Leaves

mostly basal, mostly restricted to proximal 1/5(–1/3+);

petiolar bases 0–2+ cm;

blades oblanceolate, obovate, or spatulate, 3–6(–9) cm × 5–25 mm, mostly raggedly pinnately lobed, sometimes entire, sparsely to densely villous with jointed hairs.

Peduncles

5–35 cm.

Ray florets

10–13;

corollas yellow to orange, 17–22 mm.

Disc florets

40–100+;

corollas yellow, tubes 0.6–0.8 mm, throats campanulate, 2.8–3 mm, lobes deltate, 0.5–0.7 mm, jointed hairs to 0.3 mm.

Phyllaries

14–20, lanceolate to lance-attenuate, 6–12+ mm, ciliate with jointed hairs.

Cypselae

obpyramidal, 2 mm, hairs 2 mm, inserted at bases and on angles and faces;

pappi of 8–10 obovate or ovate to lanceolate, aristate or muticous scales 2–5 mm (if aristate, scarious bases 2–3.5 × 1.3–1.6 mm).

Receptacular

setae 0 or 0.3–0.8 mm.

2n

= 34.

Gaillardia arizonica

Phenology Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Sandy desert washes and fans
Elevation 300–1200 m (1000–3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NV; UT; Mexico (Sonora)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 426.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Gaillardia
Sibling taxa
G. aestivalis, G. amblyodon, G. aristata, G. coahuilensis, G. multiceps, G. parryi, G. pinnatifida, G. pulchella, G. spathulata, G. suavis
Synonyms G. arizonica var. pringlei
Name authority A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 353. (1884)
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