Gaillardia coahuilensis
Gaillardia coahuilensis, the bandanna daisy,[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to northwestern Mexico (Coahuila)[2] and the southwestern United States (western Texas).[3]
| Gaillardia coahuilensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Gaillardia |
| Species: | G. coahuilensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gaillardia coahuilensis | |
Gaillardia coahuilensis grows in calcareous soils. It is an annual herb up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall, with leaves at the base and also higher on the stem. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to 35 cm (14 in) long. Each head has 5-10 2-colored ray flowers (red, yellow, or orange close to the center of the head, orange or yellow farther away from the center). These surround 40-100 yellow or reddish disc flowers.[4][5]
References
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Gaillardia coahuilensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- Flora of North America, Gaillardia coahuilensis B. L. Turner, 1977.
- Turner, B. L. 1977. A new species of Gaillardia (Asteraceae-Heliantheae) from northcentral Mexico and adjacent Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 21: 539–541.
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