Gaillardia pinnatifida
(Red-dome Blanketflower)
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Upper Canyon Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park 7925
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Upper Canyon Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park 7910
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Upper Canyon Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park 7939
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Terlingua Creek, Brewster Co. 5714
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Terlingua Creek, Brewster Co. 5752
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Terlingua Creek, Brewster Co. 5719
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Upper Canyon Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park 7941
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Terlingua Creek, Brewster Co. 5757
| Scientific Name | Gaillardia pinnatifida | USDA PLANTS Symbol | GAPI |
| Common Name | Red-dome Blanketflower | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 37409 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Clays, calcareous or sandy soils in disturbed places, grasslands and desert scrub. Plant: Erect perennial to 20 inches tall growing in dense tufts; much-branched hairy stems. Leaves: Basal and lower third of plant, alternate, on petioles up to 2 inches long; lower leaves oblanceolate to spatulate overall, 1-1/4 to 2-1/2 inches long (or more) and up to 1-1/4 inches wide, and deeply pinnately-lobed; smaller upper leaves with entire margins, sometimes toothed; hairy. Inflorescence: Single composite flower heads about 2 inches across atop peduncles 3 to 10 inches long arising from plant base; 5 to 14 rays (or maybe absent), yellow with prominent purplish veins beneath, and occasionally with a reddish base; center about 3/4-inch across with 60 to 100+ disk florets, yellowish in the center becoming dark red/purplish further out; hemispherical-shaped involucre with 20 to 30 hairy phyllaries in 2 to 3 series. Blooming Period: March to July. References: "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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