Gaillardia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Gaillardia in Aspen (91273).jpg
|image_caption = Gaillardia pulchella
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Gaillardia
|authority = Foug.{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4796 |title=Genus: Gaillardia Foug. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1998-09-22 |access-date=2011-02-10}}
|synonyms =
- Guentheria Spreng.
- Galordia Raeusch.
- Polypteris Less.
- Calonnea Buc'hoz
- Cercostylos Less.
- Othake Raf.
- Agassizia A.Gray & Engelm.
}}
Gaillardia {{IPAc-en|ɡ|eɪ|ˈ|l|ɑr|d|i|ə}}Sunset Western Garden Book. 1995. 606–07. (common name blanket flower){{ITIS |id=37395 |taxon=Gaillardia |access-date=2011-02-10}} is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America. It was named after Maître Gaillard de Charentonneau,Fougeroux de Bondaroy, Auguste Denis. Observations sur la Physique, sur L'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts. 29: 55. 1786. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29390#page/61/mode/1up]Fougeroux de Bondaroy, Auguste Denis. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences Paris 1786: 5. 1788. [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3585j/f90.image] 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.[http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/a579/gaillardia-x-grandiflora.aspx Gaillardia × grandiflora.] Missouri Botanical Garden. Many cultivars have been bred for ornamental use.
Description
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These are annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs, sometimes with rhizomes. The stem is usually branching and erect to a maximum height around 80 centimeters (31.5 inches). The leaves are alternately arranged. Some taxa have only basal leaves. They vary in shape. They are glandular in most species. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head. The head can have 15 or more ray florets, while some taxa lack any ray florets. They can be almost any shade of yellow, orange, red, purplish, brown, white, or bicolored. They are sometimes rolled into a funnel shape. There are many tubular disc florets at the center of the head in a similar range of colors, and usually tipped with hairs. The fruit usually has a pappus of scales.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=113131 Gaillardia.] Flora of North America.
Ecology
Gaillardia species are used as food plants by the caterpillars 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).
Image:galliardia redoute.JPG (Gaillardia pinnatifida)]]
Symbolism
It is the official flower of Wallonia.
The school colors of Texas State University are maroon and old gold, a combination inspired by the gaillardia.[http://www.txstate.edu/about/history-traditions/school-colors.html School Colors.] Texas State University–San Marcos.
Species
Species include:{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4796 |title=GRIN Species Records of Gaillardia |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2011-02-10}}
- Gaillardia aestivalis (Walter) H.Rock – lanceleaf blanketflower southeastern USA
- Gaillardia amblyodon J.Gay – maroon blanketflower - Texas
- Gaillardia aristata Pursh – common gaillardia - Canada, northern + western USA
- Gaillardia arizonica A.Gray – Arizona blanketflower - Sonora, southwestern USA
- Gaillardia cabrerae (Lihue Calel, Argentina)
- Gaillardia coahuilensis B.L.Turner – bandanna daisy - Coahuila, Texas
- Gaillardia comosa A.Gray - northern Mexico
- Gaillardia doniana (Hook. & Arn.) Griseb. - Argentina
- Gaillardia gypsophila B.L.Turner - Coahuila
- Gaillardia henricksonii B.L.Turner - Coahuila
- Gaillardia megapotamica (Spreng.) Baker - Argentina – boton de oro
- Gaillardia megapotamica var. radiata (San Luis, Argentina)
- Gaillardia megapotamica var. scabiosoides
- Gaillardia mexicana A.Gray - northeastern Mexico
- Gaillardia multiceps Greene – onion blanketflower - Arizona, Texas, New Mexico
- Gaillardia parryi Greene – Parry's blanketflower - Utah, Arizona
- Gaillardia pinnatifida Torr. – red dome blanketflower - northern Mexico, western USA
- Gaillardia powellii B.L.Turner - Coahuila
- Gaillardia pulchella Foug. – firewheel - southern + central USA, central Canada, northern Mexico
- Gaillardia serotina (Walter) H. Rock - southeastern USA
- Gaillardia spathulata A.Gray – western blanketflower - Utah, Colorado
- Gaillardia suavis (A.Gray & Engelm.) Britton & Rusby – perfumeballs - northeastern Mexico, south-central USA
- Gaillardia tontalensis (San Juan Province, Argentina)
- Gaillardia turneri Averett & A.M.Powell - Chihuahua
=Hybrids=
- Gaillardia × grandiflora hort. ex Van Houtte [G. aristata × G. pulchella]
=Formerly placed here=
- Helenium amarum (Raf.) H.Rock var. amarum (as G. amara Raf.)
- Tetraneuris acaulis (Pursh) Greene var. acaulis (as G. acaulis Pursh)
Gallery
File:Gaillardia-aestivalis01.jpg|lanceleaf blanketflower (Gaillardia aestivalis)
File:Gaillardia-pulchella01.jpg|firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
File:Gaillardia x hybrida Kobold.JPG|Gaillardia × hybrida 'Kobold'
File:Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Oranges and Lemons' in NH.jpg|Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Oranges and Lemons'
File:Yellow Gaillardia Flower.jpg
File:Blanket Flower (Yellow).jpg
References
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Further reading
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- {{cite journal|author=Biddulph, S. F.|year= 1944|title= A revision of the genus Gaillardia| journal = Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash.|volume= 13|pages=195–256}}
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