Gaillardia multiceps Greene

Onion blanketflower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gaillardia

Characteristics

Perennials or subshrubs, 30–45+ cm. Leaves cauline; petiolar bases essentially none; blades narrowly spatulate or linear, 2–6 cm × 3–5(–8+) mm, margins entire, faces sparsely and minutely hispidulous or glabrate. Peduncles 2–5+ cm. Phyllaries 20–26, lanceolate-to narrowly triangular-attenuate, 6–10 mm, ± sericeous to villous, not ciliate with jointed hairs. Receptacular setae 0.5–2.5 mm. Ray florets 8; corollas yellow, 13–20 mm. Disc florets 50–80+; corollas proximally yellow, distally purplish, tubes 1–1.5 mm, throats campanulate, 4–4.5 mm, lobes ovate-deltate, 0.8 mm, jointed hairs mostly 0.3+ mm. Cypselae obpyramidal, 2.5–3 mm, hairs 2.5–3 mm, inserted at bases and on angles and faces; pappi of 10 lanceolate, aristate scales 6–9 mm (scarious bases 4–5 × 0.8–1.5 mm). 2n = 68, ca. 102.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.45
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Gaillardia multiceps world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106515-2
WFO ID wfo-0000025302
COL ID 6K7MQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gaillardia multiceps Gaillardia multiceps var. multiceps Gaillardia multiceps var. microcephala