Gaillardia
by Rob Hemphill
Title
Gaillardia
Artist
Rob Hemphill
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Sun-loving plant, this Gaillardia was found growing in a garden in North Carolina.
Gaillardia, or the blanket flower as it's often called, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to North and South America and it was named after a M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany.
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.
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 bi-colored. 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.
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August 24th, 2011
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