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Gaillardia
Also called Blanket Flower, Firewheel, Blanket Flowers, Indian Blanket
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.
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).
Lanceleaf blanketflower · Maroon blanketflower · Common gaillardia · Arizona blanketflower · Bandanna daisy · Blanket Flower · Gaillardia henricksonii · Onion blanketflower · Parry's blanketflower · Red dome blanketflower · Firewheel · Lanceleaf Blanketflower
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