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Encyclopedia > Gaillardia
?Blanketflower
Common Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata)
Common Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gaillardia
Species

See text. Image File history File links Gaillardia_aristata2. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families Alseuosmiaceae Argophyllaceae Asteraceae - Daisies Calyceraceae Campanulaceae (incl. ... Diversity About 900 genera and 13,000 species Type Genus Aster L. Subfamilies Barnadesioideae Cichorioideae Tribe Arctotidae Tribe Cardueae Tribe Eremothamneae Tribe Lactuceae Tribe Liabeae Tribe Mutisieae Tribe Tarchonantheae Tribe Vernonieae Asteroideae Tribe Anthemideae Tribe Astereae Tribe Calenduleae Tribe Eupatorieae Tribe Gnaphalieae Tribe Helenieae Tribe Heliantheae Tribe Inuleae Tribe Plucheae...

Gaillardia (Blanket flower) is a genus of drought-tolerant annual and perennial plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae), native to North America. It was named after M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany. Bold textItalic text A drought usually refers to an extended period of below-normal rainfall. ... Peas are an annual plant. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... Diversity About 900 genera and 13,000 species Type Genus Aster L. Subfamilies Barnadesioideae Cichorioideae Tribe Arctotidae Tribe Cardueae Tribe Eremothamneae Tribe Lactuceae Tribe Liabeae Tribe Mutisieae Tribe Tarchonantheae Tribe Vernonieae Asteroideae Tribe Anthemideae Tribe Astereae Tribe Calenduleae Tribe Eupatorieae Tribe Gnaphalieae Tribe Helenieae Tribe Heliantheae Tribe Inuleae Tribe Plucheae... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Pinguicula grandiflora Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. ...

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The gaillardia is the flower of Texas Sate University. These plants form wiry, branched stems with lanceolate to linear basal leaves. The plant grows to 1 1/2 to 2 ft (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 known species of Gaillardia. A stem is the above ground axis of a vascular plant. ... The leaves of a Beech tree A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ...


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


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 Aristata(Gaillardia aristata)
Gaillardia Aristata(Gaillardia aristata)
  • Gaillardia arizonica : Arizona Blanketflower
    • Gaillardia arizonica var. arizonica : Arizona Blanketflower
    • Gaillardia arizonica var. pringlei : Pringle's Blanketflower
Red Dome Blanketflower (Gaillardia pinnatifida)
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

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1756x1840, 1060 KB) Summary Alberto Moriconi - Gaillardia Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1756x1840, 1060 KB) Summary Alberto Moriconi - Gaillardia Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... galliardia painted by Pierre-Joseph Redoute This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... galliardia painted by Pierre-Joseph Redoute This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Binomial name Gaillardia pulchella Foug. ...

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Reference

  • Susan Fry Biddulph (1944). "A revision of the genus Gaillardia". Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. 13: 195-256.

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