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§1 Plant

Gaillardia aristata Pursh

vernacular blanketflower — species · Asteraceae

USDA
GAAR
GBIF
5387859
Rank
species
blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)
Platephotograph · Elise Chantal source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Gaillardia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 248 counties across 18 states/territories
Legend Native · 248 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
16–30 in/yr
pH range
5.5–7.9
Root depth
16 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
186,436
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 248 counties across 18 states/territories.

California view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 44 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 14 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 18 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/GAAR ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5387859 ↗

Record version

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