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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
