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Gaillardia spathulata
Also called Canyonlands Blanket Flower, Basin Blanket Flower
Western blanketflower is a small annual wildflower of the daisy family, native to dry, sandy and clay washes in the western United States. It grows easily from seed in full sun and well-drained soil, and tolerates drought well.
Gaillardia spathulata, the western blanketflower, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the western United States (Utah, western Colorado, and northwestern Arizona, with an isolated population reported from central Kansas).
Gaillardia spathulata grows in clay sandy washes often in desert regions. It is an annual herb up to 35 cm (14 in) tall, with leaves on the stem rather than crowded around the base. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long. Each head has 7-10 yellow ray flowers surrounding 60-100 yellow disc flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gaillardia spathulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
