Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)

Corey Gucker; Nancy L. Shaw

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Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Corey Gucker, Nancy L. Shaw

Year:

2025

Type:

Guidebooks

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Gucker, C.L.; Shaw, N.L., eds. Western forbs: Biology, ecology, and use in restoration. Reno, NV: Great Basin Fire Science Exchange. Online: https://westernforbs.org/species/blanketflower-gaillardia-aristata/.

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Abstract

Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata Pursh) belongs to the Gaillardiinae subtribe and Helenieae tribe of the Asteraceae family (Strother 2006). This species was first collected on July 7, 1806, during the Lewis and Clark expedition. It was growing on a dry low-elevation hillside in the Rocky Mountains of Lewis and Clark County, Montana, where it was still common in vegetation surveys conducted in the late 1990s (Reveal et al. 1999).

Parent Publication

Western forbs: Biology, ecology, and use in restoration - Project Overview and Acknowledgements

Keywords

blanketflower, Gaillardia aristata, native plants, native seed production, plant ecology, restoration, revegetation, seed technology, seeding, wildflowers

Citation

Gucker, Corey; Shaw, Nancy. 2025. Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata). In: Gucker, C.L.; Shaw, N.L., eds. Western forbs: Biology, ecology, and use in restoration. Reno, NV: Great Basin Fire Science Exchange. Online: https://westernforbs.org/species/blanketflower-gaillardia-aristata/.