An annual or perennial, mostly native to North America, several species being grown in gardens for their cut flowers and long flowering period. Two species are the parents of many garden hybrids: Gaillardia pulchella, an annual growing to 3060 cm/12 ft with coarsely toothed, lance-shaped leaves, yellow outer ray florets coloured crimson at the base; and Gaillardia aristata, a perennial growing to 70 cm/27 in with yellow and red ray florets. (Genus: Gaillardia, 28 species. Family: Compositae.)
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iBlanketflower
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Common Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata)
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Division:
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Magnoliophyta
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Class:
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Magnoliopsida
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Order:
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Asterales
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Family:
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Asteraceae
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Genus:
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Gaillardia
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Species
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See text. pulchella : Firewheel Gaillardia spathulata : : Western Blanketflower Gaillardia suavis : : Perfumeballs
Gallery
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Lanceleaf Blanketflower (Gaillardia aestivalis)
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Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
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Gaillardia x hybrida "Kobold"
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Lanceleaf Blanketflower (Gaillardia aestivalis var.
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