Gaillardia coahuilensis, the bandanna daisy, is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to northwestern Mexico (Coahuila)Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100. and the southwestern United States (western Texas).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Gaillardia coahuilensis grows in calcareous soils. It is an annual herb up to tall, with leaves at the base and also higher on the stem. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to long. Each head has 5-10 2-colored ray flowers (red, yellow, or orange close to the center of the head, orange or yellow further away from the center). These surround 40-100 yellow or reddish disc flowers.Flora of North America, Gaillardia coahuilensis B. L. Turner, 1977. Turner, B. L. 1977. A new species of Gaillardia (Asteraceae-Heliantheae) from northcentral Mexico and adjacent Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 21: 539–541.
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