Gaillardia multiceps

{{short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Gaillardia multiceps - Flickr - aspidoscelis (2).jpg

| status = G3

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.157146/Gaillardia_multiceps |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=24 May 2023}}

| genus = Gaillardia

| species = multiceps

| authority = Greene 1897

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-124437 The Plant List, Gaillardia multiceps Greene ]

| synonyms = *Gaillardia multiceps var. microcephala B.L.Turner

}}

Gaillardia multiceps, the onion blanketflower,{{PLANTS|id=GAMU|taxon=Gaillardia multiceps|accessdate=16 July 2015}} is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas).[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Gaillardia%20multiceps.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Gaillardia multiceps grows in gypseous soils, including sand dunes. It is a perennial herb or subshrub up to {{convert|45|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall, with leaves on the stem rather than clustered around the base. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to {{convert|55|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. Each head has 8 red ray flowers surrounding 80-100 disc flowers, yellow with purple tips.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066786 Flora of North America, Gaillardia multiceps Greene, 1897. ]