Blanket Flowers
Gaillardia
Summary 2
Approximate Size Height x Width 1’ X 1’
Deciduous or Evergreen Deciduous
Light Exposure Full Sun
Water Use Dry
Flowering and Fruiting Seasons Summer-Fall
Habitat Value butterflies, bumble bees, hummingbirds; seeds for birds
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From iNaturalist/Wikipedia: Gaillardia /ɡeɪˈlɑːrdiə/ (common name blanket flower) is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, native to North and South America. It was named after an M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany. The common name may refer to the resemblance of the inflorescence to the brightly patterned blankets made by Native Americans, or to the ability of wild taxa to blanket the ground with colonies. Many...
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- (c) Roberto R. Calderón, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Roberto R. Calderón
- Adapted by ABQ Backyard Refuge Program from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaillardia
