Gaillardia pinnatifida |
Gaillardia coahuilensis |
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red dome blanketflower, yellow blanket flower |
bandanna daisy |
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Habit | Perennials (sometimes flowering first year, sometimes rhizomatous), (5–)15–35+ cm. | Annuals, 20–80 cm. |
Leaves | basal and cauline, mostly restricted to proximal 1/3–1/2; petiolar bases 0–5+ cm; blades mostly oblanceolate to spatulate, 3–6(–12) cm × 3–18(–30) mm, margins mostly pinnatifid, distal sometimes toothed or entire (rarely all linear, entire), faces closely strigillose to shaggily villous. |
basal and cauline; petiolar bases 0–3+ cm; blades ovate to lanceolate, 3–8 cm × 5–25 mm, (bases of distal usually clasping) margins of proximal often lobed or toothed, of distal usually entire, rarely lobed, faces sparsely hispidulous. |
Peduncles | (4–)8–25+ cm. |
5–20 cm. |
Ray florets | 0 or 5–14; corollas usually uniformly yellow, sometimes proximally and/or abaxially reddish, 10–25+ mm. |
5–13; corollas proximally reddish or orange to yellow, distally orange to yellow, 10–20 mm. |
Disc florets | (30–)60–100+; corollas usually proximally ochroleucous or yellow and distally purplish, rarely wholly yellow, tubes 0.8–1 mm, throats campanulate to plumply urceolate, 3–4.5 mm, lobes broadly deltate to deltate-ovate, 0.5–1 mm, jointed hairs 0.3+ mm. |
40–100+; corollas proximally yellow or reddish, distally reddish or yellow, tubes 0.6–1 mm, throats campanulate, 3–4 mm, lobes deltate, 1–1.2 mm, jointed hairs to 0.3 mm. |
Phyllaries | 20–30, ovate- to lanceolate-attenuate, 7–12+ mm, hispidulous to villous (hairs often jointed). |
14–22, lanceolate-acuminate to lanceolate-attenuate, 5–12+ mm, closely hispidulous strigillose, not ciliate with jointed hairs. |
Cypselae | obpyramidal, 1–3 mm, hairs 1–2 mm, inserted at bases and on angles and faces; pappi of 8–11 lanceolate, aristate scales 3–7 mm (scarious bases 1.5–4 × 0.5–1.5 mm). |
obpyramidal, 1–3 mm, hairs 1–3 mm, inserted at bases; pappi of 8–9 ovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 2–5+ mm (scarious bases 1–2.5 × 0.4–1 mm). |
Receptacular | setae usually 1–3 mm, rarely wanting. |
setae 2–4 mm. |
2n | = 34. |
= 34. |
Gaillardia pinnatifida |
Gaillardia coahuilensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct, mostly May–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Clays or sandy soils, often disturbed places, in grasslands, desert scrub-lands, or pinyon woodlands | Calcareous soils |
Elevation | 900–2000 m (3000–6600 ft) | 300–1200+ m (1000–3900+ ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; NV; OK; TX; UT; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora)
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila) |
Discussion | Some plants, especially from Arizona, included here in Gaillardia pinnatifida, have mostly narrow, undivided leaf blades (mostly 3–8+ mm wide, villous to sparsely strigillose; var. linearis) and intergrade with similar plants called G. multiceps, which have sparsely and minutely hispidulous or glabrate leaf blades. Plants from Utah with yellow disc corollas and densely gland-dotted leaves, included here in Gaillardia pinnatifida, have been recognized as G. flava. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Specimens of Gaillardia coahuilensis were earlier treated as members of G. mexicana A. Gray, a Mexican species. Plants of G. coahuilensis seem much closer to G. pulchella than to G. mexicana in most attributes and might be included within the circumscription of G. pulchella but for the short hairs on the corollas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 423. | FNA vol. 21, p. 424. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Gaillardia | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Gaillardiinae > Gaillardia |
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Synonyms | G. flava, G. gracilis, G. mearnsii, G. pinnatifida var. linearis | |
Name authority | Torrey: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 214. (1827) | B. L. Turner: SouthW. Naturalist 21: 539. (1977) |
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