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Gaillardia is a drought-tolerant perennial from the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

It was named after M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany.

These are annuals and perennials occurring in North America.

They will grow under very harsh and dry conditions, forming mounds, 8 - 18 inches (20 - 45 cm) high. It will even bloom in sand along a seashore.

They form wiry, branched stems with lanceolate to linear basal leaves. The plant grows to 1 1/2 to 2ft (45 - 60 cm) tall, with bright daisy-like single color and bi-color blooms in shades from buff to red to brown. The flowers bloom in the summer. There more than two dozen species of Gaillardia.

Species

• Gaillardia aestivalis : Lanceleaf Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis : Lanceleaf Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia aestivalis var. flavovirens : Lanceleaf Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri : Winkler's Blanketflower
• Gaillardia amblyodon : Maroon Blanketflower
• Gaillardia aristata : Common gaillardia
• Gaillardia arizonica : Arizona Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia arizonica var. arizonica : Arizona Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia arizonica var. pringlei : Pringle's Blanketflower

Red Dome Blanketflower (Gaillardia pinnatifida)

• Gaillardia coahuilensis : Bandanna Daisy
• Gaillardia flava : Yellow Blanketflower
• Gaillardia x grandiflora [G. aristata × G. pulchella]
• Gaillardia multiceps : Onion Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia multiceps var. microcephala : Onion Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia multiceps var. multiceps : Onion Blanketflower
• Gaillardia parryi : Parry's Blanketflower
• Gaillardia pinnatifida : Red Dome Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia pinnatifida var. linearis : : Red Dome Blanketflower
  • Gaillardia pinnatifida var. pinnatifida : Red Dome Blanketflower
• Gaillardia pulchella : Firewheel
  • Gaillardia pulchella var. australis : Firewheel
  • Gaillardia pulchella var. picta : : Firewheel
  • Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella : Firewheel
• Gaillardia spathulata : : Western Blanketflower
• Gaillardia suavis : : Perfumeballs