Gaillardia

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

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  • Guentheria Spreng.
  • Galordia Raeusch.
  • Polypteris Less.
  • Calonnea Buc'hoz
  • Cercostylos Less.
  • Othake Raf.
  • Agassizia A.Gray & Engelm.

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.

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.

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). ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/galliardia_redoute.JPG" caption="red dome blanketflower]] (''Gaillardia pinnatifida'')"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Gaillardia_fanfare_centered.jpg" caption="''Gaillardia'' 'Fanfare'"] ::

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.

Species

Species include:

Hybrids

Formerly placed here

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

References

  1. (1998-09-22). "Genus: ''Gaillardia'' Foug.". United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist".
  3. ''Sunset Western Garden Book''. 1995. 606–07.
  4. {{ITIS
  5. 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]
  6. 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]
  7. [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/a579/gaillardia-x-grandiflora.aspx ''Gaillardia'' × ''grandiflora''.] Missouri Botanical Garden.
  8. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=113131 ''Gaillardia''.] Flora of North America.
  9. [http://www.txstate.edu/about/history-traditions/school-colors.html School Colors.] Texas State University–San Marcos.
  10. "GRIN Species Records of ''Gaillardia''". United States Department of Agriculture.

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