species 19 observations
Parry's Blanketflower
Gaillardia parryi
Field notes
Gaillardia parryi, or Parry's blanketflower, is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona and Utah). Some of the populations are inside Grand Canyon National Park, others in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.
Gaillardia parryi grows in clay or sandy soils in places dominated by sagebrush, pinyon pine, or yellow pine. It is a perennial herb up to 35 cm (14 in) tall, with most of the leaves clustered around the base. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to 30 cm (12 in) long. Each head has 8-14 yellow ray flowers surrounding sometimes as many as 100 yellow disc flowers.
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it


Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Nevada Nomia, Dark-faced Longhorn Bee
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Sutured Longhorn Beetle
1
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Oblique Streaktail
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors



Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Ligated Furrow Bee, Hunt's Bumble Bee, American Bumble Bee
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.