Gaillardia

Gaillardia

Taxobox
name = Blanketflower


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Common Gaillardia ("Gaillardia aristata")
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Gaillardia"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

Gaillardia (Blanket flower) is a genus of drought-tolerant annual and perennial plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae), native to North America. It was named after M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany. The common name refers to the inflorescence's resemblance to brightly patterned blankets made by native Americans.

These plants form wiry, branched stems with lanceolate to linear basal leaves. The plant grows to 1 1/2 to 2 ft (45 - 60 cm) tall, with bright daisy-like single color and bi-color blooms in shades from buff to red to brown. The flowers bloom in the summer. There are more than two dozen known species of "Gaillardia".

They will grow under very harsh and dry conditions, forming mounds, 8 - 18 inches (20 - 45 cm) high, and will even bloom in sand along a seashore.

"Gaillardia" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including "Schinia bina" (which has been recorded on "G. pulchella"), "Schinia masoni" (which feeds exclusively on "G. aristata") and "Schinia volupia" (which feeds exclusively on "G. pulchella").

Species

* "Gaillardia aestivalis" : Lanceleaf Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia aestivalis" var. "aestivalis" : Lanceleaf Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia aestivalis" var. "flavovirens" : Lanceleaf Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia aestivalis" var. "winkleri" : Winkler's Blanketflower
* "Gaillardia amblyodon" : Maroon Blanketflower
* "Gaillardia aristata" : Common gaillardia
* "Gaillardia arizonica" : Arizona Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia arizonica" var. "arizonica" : Arizona Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia arizonica" var. "pringlei" : Pringle's Blanketflower
* "Gaillardia coahuilensis" : Bandanna Daisy
* "Gaillardia flava" : Yellow Blanketflower
* "Gaillardia x grandiflora" ["G. aristata" × "G. pulchella"]
* "Gaillardia multiceps" : Onion Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia multiceps" var. "microcephala" : Onion Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia multiceps" var. "multiceps" : Onion Blanketflower
* "Gaillardia parryi" : Parry's Blanketflower
* "Gaillardia pinnatifida" : Red Dome Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia pinnatifida" var. "linearis" : : Red Dome Blanketflower
** "Gaillardia pinnatifida" var. "pinnatifida" : Red Dome Blanketflower
* "Gaillardia pulchella" : Firewheel
** "Gaillardia pulchella" var. "australis" : Firewheel
** "Gaillardia pulchella" var. "picta" : : Firewheel
** "Gaillardia pulchella" var. "pulchella" : Firewheel
* "Gaillardia spathulata" : : Western Blanketflower
* "Gaillardia suavis" : : Perfumeballs

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  • Gaillardia — Gaillardia …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Gaillardĭa — Foug., Gattung der Kompositen, Kräuter mit abwechselnden, seltener wurzelständigen, punktierten, ganzrandigen oder fiederspaltigen Blättern, ansehnlichen, einzelnen, langgestielten Blütenköpfen und gelben oder roten Blüten. Zwölf amerikanische… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Gaillardia — Gaillardia, Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Compositae Jacobeae, reich an schönen Arten und Varietäten, meist mit gelbem Strahl und einem gegen die Scheibe zu rothen Ringe, der badischen Kokarde nicht unähnlich. G. aristata u. ihre Spielarten …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Gaillardia —   Blanketflower …   Wikipedia Español

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