Asteraceae
Blanket flower
Gaillardia aristata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gaillardia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- غيردية سفوية
- Belarusian
- Гайлардыя асцюкаватая
- Chinese
- 宿根天人菊, 车轮菊
- Czech
- Kokarda osinatá
- English
- Blanket flower, Common perennial gaillardia, Common gaillardia, Blanketflower, Common blanketflower
- Estonian
- Ohtene mõrsjalill
- Lithuanian
- Akuotuotoji gailiardija
- Macedonian
- Обична кокарда
- Persian
- رعنای زیبای معمولی
- Russian
- Гайярдия остистая, Гайлардия остистая
- Slovak
- Kokarda ostitá
Synonyms
- Gaillardia aristata f. aristata
- Gaillardia aristata f. monochroma B.Boivin
- Gaillardia aristata f. tubuliflora Clute
- Gaillardia aristata var. aristata
- Gaillardia aristata var. foliacea Lunell
- Gaillardia aristata var. foliosa Lunell
- Gaillardia bicolor Pursh
- Gaillardia bracteosa Standl.
- Gaillardia hallii Rydb.
- Gaillardia perennis Loisel.
- Gaillardia richardsonii hort.
- Gaillardia roezlii Regel
- Gaillardia rustica Cass.
- Polatherus scaber Raf.
- Virgilia grandiflora Nutt.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zach McCulley, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.