Gaillardia suavis

Gaillardia suavis is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, common names pincushion daisy[2] and perfumeballs.[3] It is native to northern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)[4] and the southern Great Plains of the United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas).[5]

Gaillardia suavis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gaillardia
Species:
G. suavis
Binomial name
Gaillardia suavis
Synonyms[1]
  • Agassizia suavis A.Gray & Engelm.
  • Gaillardia odorata Lindh. ex A.Gray
  • Gaillardia simplex Scheele
  • Gaillardia trinervata Small
  • Gaillardia tuberculata Scheele

Gaillardia suavis grows in limestone or sandy soils in prairies, desert scrub, or open juniper woodlands. It is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (31 in) tall, with leaves crowded around the base rather than borne on the stem. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to 75 cm (30 in) long. Each head generally has 7-10 red or purple ray flowers, though some heads have no ray flowers. The center of the head has 40-100 pink or purple disc flowers.[6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Gaillardia suavis (A.Gray & Engelm.) Britton & Rusby
  2. Excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter, Backyard Nature, Pincushion Daisies includes photos
  3. "Gaillardia suavis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. Flora of North America, Gaillardia suavis (A. Gray & Engelmann) Britton & Rusby, 1887.


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