Gaillardia aristata

TaxID: 55624

Basic Information

Gaillardia aristata

Blanket-flower, blanket-flower

Gaillardia aristata is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is known by the common names common blanketflower and common gaillardia. This perennial wildflower is native to the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, but cultivars have been introduced in much of North America and Europe. Blanketflower is an early- to mid-successional species typically found growing alongside native grasses, sagebrush, or conifers. It is pollinated by a variety of bees and beetles, and host to Schinia masoni. Indigenous communities of the Pacific Northwest and northern plains used blanketflower as an ingredient in a variety of medicines, including those for heatstroke, headaches, and tuberculosis. The first Gaillardia aristata specimen was collected in 1806 on the Lewis and Clark expedition, and first described by Frederick Pursh in 1814.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Asteraceae

Gaillardia

aristata

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Damon Tighe@BY-NC
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(c) John Williams@BY-NC
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(c) Daniel Newberry@BY-NC
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(c) Eli Ouimet@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (0 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

No quarantine status records available.

Distribution (34 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present
Switzerland Present —
China Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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