great blanketflower (OSMP Seed Collection)

great blanketflower

Gaillardia aristata

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Summary ⁴

Gaillardia aristata is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family known by the common names common blanketflower and common gaillardia. Blanketflower is a perennial, tap-rooted wildflower with showy, yellow ray flowers and reddish brown central disk flowers. The pubescent plants vary from 10 to 24 inches in height. Leaves are arranged alternately along the stem and are 3 to 6 inches long with margins that are coarsely-toothed and deeply divided. Blanketflower grows on sunny, well-drained sites in prairie meadows up to grassy openings in the mountains. It has an extensive bloom period beginning in early summer.

Uses ³

Blanketflower is a native perennial wildflower useful for adding species diversity in native plant seed mixes for rehabilitation of disturbed sites. It can be used in producing native wildflower sod for restoration of native plant colonies. It is also cover and a food source for pollinators, wildlife and livestock.

Seed Collection and Processing ³

Make sure you collect the yellow blanketflower and not the ornamental variety with the red. Moth

Probable Locations ³

Fontes e Créditos

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