Gaillardia arizonica |
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Arizona blanketflower, Pringle's blanketflower |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Sandy desert washes and fans |
Elevation | 300–1200 m (1000–3900 ft) |
Distribution |
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 | |
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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