genus
Blanket Flowers
Gaillardia
Field notes
Gaillardia (common name blanket flower) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America. It was named after Maître Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was an enthusiastic botanist. The common name may refer to the resemblance of the inflorescence to the brightly patterned blankets made by Native Americans, or to the ability of wild taxa to blanket the ground with colonies. Many cultivars have been bred for ornamental use.
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- Firewheel native
- Great Blanketflower native
- Lanceleaf Blanketflower native
- Red Dome Blanketflower native
- Perfumeballs present
- Maroon Blanketflower present
- Hybrid Blanketflower introduced
- Gaillardia megapotamica
- Western Blanketflower native
- Gaillardia mexicana
- Onion Blanketflower
- Bandana Daisy native
- Parry's Blanketflower native
- Yellow Blanketflower
- Arizona Blanketflower native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native blanket flowers All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
caterpillars
7
bees
8
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
169
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Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
caterpillars
1
bees
7
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
77
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Great Blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
caterpillars
1
bees
7
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
168
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Red Dome Blanketflower
Gaillardia pinnatifida
caterpillars
1
bees
6
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
85
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Western Blanketflower
Gaillardia spathulata
bees
4
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
49
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Parry's Blanketflower
Gaillardia parryi
bees
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
46
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Arizona Blanketflower
Gaillardia arizonica
bees
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
35
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Bandana Daisy
Gaillardia coahuilensis
bees
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
36