''Gaillardia suavis'' is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, common names pincushion daisy and perfumeballs. It is native to northern Mexico (

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

, Tamaulipas) and the southern

Great Plains The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...

of the United States ( Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas). ''Gaillardia suavis'' grows in limestone or sandy soils in prairies, desert scrub, or open juniper woodlands. It is a perennial herb up to tall, with leaves crowded around the base rather than borne on the stem. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to long. Each head generally has 7-10 red or purple ray flowers, though some heads have no ray flowers. The center of the head has 40-100 pink or purple disc flowers.Flora of North America, ''Gaillardia suavis'' (A. Gray & Engelmann) Britton & Rusby, 1887.
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includes photo suavis Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of the Great Plains (North America) Flora of the United States Flora of the South-Central United States Plants described in 1847 Taxa named by George Engelmann Taxa named by Asa Gray Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Helenieae-stub