Gaillardia aristata Pursh

Common gaillardia (en), Gaillarde (fr), Gaillarde aristée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gaillardia

Characteristics

Perennials (sometimes flowering first year), 20–80 cm. Leaves basal and cauline or cauline; petiolar bases 5–15 cm; blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 5–15 cm × 5–30(–40) mm, margins raggedly pinnately lobed to toothed or entire, faces scabrellous and/or sparsely to densely villous (hairs jointed). Peduncles (5–)20–35+ cm. Phyllaries 24–40+ ovate to lance-attenuate, 10–15+ mm, ciliate with jointed hairs (also strigose and gland-dotted). Receptacular setae 2–6 mm. Ray florets (6–)12–18+; corollas yellow or yellow/purple, rarely tubular and 5-lobed, usually distally laminate and 3-lobed, 15–35+ mm. Disc florets 60–120+; corollas usually purple or purple-tipped, sometimes yellow, tubes 0.5–1.5 mm, throats cylindric to urceolate, 4.5–5.5 mm, lobes lance-ovate to triangular-attenuate, 1–2 mm, jointed hairs 0.3+ mm. Cypselae clavate (outer) to obpyramidal (inner), 2.5–6 mm, hairs 1.5–2.5 mm, inserted at bases; pappi of 8 ovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 5–6 mm (scarious bases 1.5–3 × 0.4–1.5 mm). 2n = 34, 68.
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Perennials (sometimes flowering first year), 20-80 cm. Leaves basal and cauline or cauline; petiolar bases 5-15 cm; blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 5-15 cm x 5-30(-40) mm, margins raggedly pinnately lobed to toothed or entire, faces scabrellous and/or sparsely to densely villous (hairs jointed). Peduncles (5-)20-35+ cm. Phyllaries 24-40+ ovate to lance-attenuate, 10-15+ mm, ciliate with jointed hairs (also strigose and gland-dotted). Receptacular setae 2-6 mm. Ray florets (6-)12-18+; corollas yellow or yellow/purple, rarely tubular and 5-lobed, usually distally laminate and 3-lobed, 15-35+ mm. Disc florets 60-120+; corollas usually purple or purple-tipped, sometimes yellow, tubes 0.5-1.5 mm, throats cylindric to urceolate, 4.5-5.5 mm, lobes lance-ovate to triangular-attenuate, 1-2 mm, jointed hairs 0.3+ mm. Cypselae clavate (outer) to obpyramidal (inner), 2.5-6 mm, hairs 1.5-2.5 mm, inserted at bases; pappi of 8 ovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 5-6 mm (scarious bases 1.5-3 x 0.4-1.5 mm).
Hairy perennial 2–7 dm from a slender taproot, also spreading by slender creeping roots; lvs narrow, linear-oblong to lance-ovate, or the lower oblanceolate, to 15 × 2.5 cm, entire to somewhat pinnatifid; heads solitary or few, long-pedunculate, the disk 1.5–3 cm wide, purple or brownish-purple (yellow); rays 6–16, yellow, usually purplish at base, 1–3.5 cm; setae of the receptacle evidently exceeding the achenes; style-appendages elongate; 2n=36, 72. Plains, meadows, and other open places; B.C. to Sask. and Minn., s. to Ariz. and N.M., and occasionally intr. or escaped eastward. May–Sept.
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 20-90 cm tall. There are leaves at the base and on the stems. They are 4-5 cm long by 3-8 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.8
Root system creeping-root tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 4-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The flower heads are use to absorb soups.
Uses environmental use gene source medicinal
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use Orthopedic Aid (flower), Analgesic (flower), Dermatological Aid (root), Gastrointestinal Aid (root), Veterinary Aid (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber), Breast Treatment (unspecified), Eye Medicine (unspecified), Nose Medicine (unspecified), Kidney Aid (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Venereal Aid (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Cancer Treatment (unspecified), Misc. Disease Remedy (unspecified), Analgesics (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Gaillardia aristata habit picture by Anne Pieussergues (cc-by-sa)
Gaillardia aristata habit picture by Judicaël CASTAGNET (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Gaillardia aristata leaf picture by Borbála Bojti (cc-by-sa)
Gaillardia aristata leaf picture by Bariousses (cc-by-sa)
Gaillardia aristata leaf picture by blueplatypus (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Gaillardia aristata flower picture by Nathuralnie (cc-by-sa)
Gaillardia aristata flower picture by Roman Tyden (cc-by-sa)
Gaillardia aristata flower picture by fabrizio70 (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Gaillardia aristata fruit picture by Sergio-OMA (cc-by-sa)
Gaillardia aristata fruit picture by Magalie Delalande (cc-by-sa)
Gaillardia aristata fruit picture by |-|/-\|\||\|/-\ (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gaillardia aristata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Belgium, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Spain, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Moldova (Republic of), Mozambique, Namibia, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317387-2
WFO ID wfo-0000121921
COL ID 6K7MT
BDTFX ID 28681
INPN ID 99217
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gaillardia richardsonii Gaillardia rustica Gaillardia bicolor Gaillardia roezlii Gaillardia bracteosa Gaillardia hallii Gaillardia aristata f. aristata Gaillardia perennis Polatherus scaber Gaillardia aristata var. foliacea Gaillardia aristata var. aristata Gaillardia aristata var. foliosa Virgilia grandiflora Gaillardia aristata