''Gaillardia spathulata'', the western blanketflower, is a species of flowering plant in the
sunflower family. It is native to the western United States (
Utah, western
Colorado, and northwestern
Arizona, with an isolated population reported from central
Kansas).
''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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References
spathulata
Flora of the Western United States
Plants described in 1877
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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