Gaillardia suavis (A.Gray & Engelm.) Britton & Rusby

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Species

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Characteristics

Perennials (sometimes flowering first year), 20–80 cm. Leaves wholly basal or nearly so; petiolar bases 0–3+ cm; blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 3–10(–15) cm × 5–30(–60) mm, pinnatifid, toothed, or entire, glabrous or very sparsely villous with jointed hairs (obscurely, if at all, gland-dotted). Peduncles 15–75+ cm. Phyllaries 22–32, ovate to lance-attenuate, 6–8 mm, nearly glabrous or villous, or at least ciliate, with jointed hairs. Receptacular setae 0 or 0.1–0.5 mm. Ray florets 0 or 7–10; corollas purplish to red, 10–15 mm. Disc florets 40–100+; corollas pinkish to purplish, tubes 1.2–2 mm, throats urceolate, 3–4 mm, lobes narrowly triangular, 1–1.2 mm, jointed hairs 0.3+ mm (style-branch appendages glabrous or glabrate). Cypselae obpyramidal, 2 mm, hairs 2+ mm, inserted at bases and on angles; pappi of 8–10 lanceolate, oblanceolate, or ovate, aristate scales 6–9 mm (scarious bases 4–5 × 1.4–2 mm). 2n = 38, ca. 72.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.8
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106534-2
WFO ID wfo-0000042381
COL ID 6JVNL
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Synonyms

Gaillardia suavis Gaillardia trinervata Gaillardia tuberculata Gaillardia simplex Agassizia suavis