''Gaillardia parryi'', or Parry's blanketflower, is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (

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). Some of the populations are inside

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, others in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. ''Gaillardia parryi'' grows in clay or sandy soils in places dominated by sagebrush,

pinyon pine The pinyon or piñon pine group grows in southwestern North America, especially in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The trees yield edible nuts, which are a staple food of Native Americans, and widely eaten as a snack and as an ingredient in New ...

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. It is an perennial herb up to tall, with most of the leaves clustered around the base. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to long. Each head has 8-14 yellow ray flowers surrounding sometimes as many as 100 yellow disc flowers.Flora of North America, ''Gaillardia parryi'' Greene, 1897
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
parryi Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region Flora of Arizona Flora of Utah Endemic flora of the United States Plants described in 1874 Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Helenieae-stub