''Gaillardia arizonica'', the Arizonia blanketflower, is a species of flowering plant in the
sunflower family. It is native to northwestern Mexico (
Sonora) and the southwestern United States (
Arizona
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, southern
Nevada
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, southern
Utah
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).
''Gaillardia arizonica'' grows in sandy washes and alluvial deposits in desert regions. It is an annual herb, growing up to tall, and with leaves mostly crowding around its base. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to long. Each head has 10–16 yellow or orange ray flowers surrounding 40–100 yellow disc flowers.
Flora of North America, ''Gaillardia arizonica'' A. Gray., 1884.
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References
External links
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
arizonica
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Sonora
Flora of Utah
Plants described in 1884
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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