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the flower that paints sunsets on a prairie that refuses to die
means A hardy North American daisy-like wildflower, genus Gaillardia, prized for its bright red-and-yellow blooms and often called blanketflower.
from Named in the 18th century to honor Gaillard de Charentonneau, a French magistrate and patron of botany; like many plant genera of the era, it carries a benefactor's name Latinized into a flower's identity.
- common name
- called blanketflower for carpeting plains in fiery color
- named after
- honors Gaillard, an 18th-century French botany patron
- tough as nails
- thrives in drought, heat, and lousy soil
- pollinator magnet
- bees and butterflies mob its daisy-like blooms
- native range
- wild across North and South American grasslands
blanket flower — native wildflower across american prairies and plains, flowering red and yellow from may to frost
gaillardia pulchella — annual species native to southwestern united states and mexico, self-seeds prolifically in warm climates
gaillardia grandiflora — perennial hybrid cultivated since 1856, bred from crosses of g. aristata and g. pulchella