Gaillardia spathulata, the western blanketflower, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family.The Plant List, Gaillardia spathulata A. Gray It is native to the western United States (Utah, western Colorado, and northwestern Arizona, with an isolated population reported from central Kansas).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapSEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Gaillardia spathulata photos, description, distribution map
Gaillardia spathulata grows in clay sandy washes often in desert regions. It is an annual herb up to tall, with leaves on the stem rather than crowded around the base. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to long. Each head has 7-10 yellow ray flowers surrounding 60-100 yellow disc flowers.Flora of North America, Gaillardia spathulata A. Gray, 1876.
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