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* Latin Name: ''Gaillardia'' ''aristata''
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* Scientific Name: ''Gaillardia'' ''aristata''
 
* Family: Asteraceae
 
* Family: Asteraceae
 
* Common Names: blanket flower, great flowered gaillardia
 
* Common Names: blanket flower, great flowered gaillardia
 
* Codon: GALARI
 
* Codon: GALARI
==Taxonomy==
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==Description==
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[[File:GAIARI8.jpg |thumb|Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page]]
General: Perennial from a slender taproot, usually with several simple, hairy stems from the base, 2-7 dm. tall.
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===Taxonomy===
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Asteridae
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| ordo = Asterales
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| familia = Asteraceae
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| genus = ''Gaillaridia'' Foug.
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| species = '''''Gaillardia aristata''''' Pursh
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=37398</ref>
  
Leaves: Leaves narrow, linear-oblong to lance-ovate, up to 15 cm. long and 2.5 cm. wide, entire to coarsely toothed.
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===Description===
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Native, herbaceous taprooted perennial, with one or several stems rising from the base.<ref name=":0">Winslow, S., 2011. Plant Guide for blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata). USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center. Bridger, Montana 59014.</ref> 1-3 dms tall.<ref name=":1">Winslow, S. 2011. Plant fact sheet for blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata). USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center. Bridger, MT, 59014.</ref>
  
Flowers: Heads solitary or few, on long peduncles, the disk 1.5-3 cm. wide, purple or brownish-purple; involucral bracts pointed, loosely hairy; rays usually 13, 1-3.5 cm. long, yellow but purplish at the base; disk corollas with dense woolly hairs toward the tip, which tend to obscure to pointed lobes; receptacle covered with chaffy bristles that are longer than the achenes; pappus of 6-10 awned scales.
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Leaves are alternate, rough-hairy, lance-shaped, entired to lobed, rarely pinnately divided.<ref name=":0" />
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Capitate inflorescence bearing yellow rays, often maroon at base, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, disk corollas purplish. Receptacle concex to subglobose, with chaffy bristles that do not subtend the individual florets. <ref>Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
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B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
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Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref>
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''Aristata'' derived from Latin ''arist,'' bristle, in reference to the hairy stems and leaves, and the bristled fruits.<ref name=":0" />
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Fruit is a one-seeded, gray-brown achene, 7-10mm inch long, with densely ascending hairs, a short pappus crown 7-10mm  long, and awns approximately two times as long as the fruit body.<ref name=":0" />
 
==Bloom Period==
 
==Bloom Period==
May - September
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May - September<ref>WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum,
==Distribution==
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& University of Washington. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Gaillardia%20aristata</nowiki></ref>
Uncommon east of the Cascades from British Columbia to Oregon
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===Distribution===
==Habitat==
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From south-central Canada to southern Colorado, east to the Dakotas and west to the Cascade Mountains of Washington and the Blue Mountains of Oregon.<ref name=":0" />
Dry, open areas at low to mid-elevations
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===Habitat===
Medium to coarse, well-drained, infertile soil
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Sunny, well-drained sites in prairie meadows up to montane grassy openings.<ref name=":1" />
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===Uses===
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==== Medicine and Food ====
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A rich array of medicinal uses, including but not limited to the following
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Sx̌ʷyʔiɬpx use of whole plant decoction as a tonic for kidney ailments, poultice of plant applied for backaches, decoction of plant for headaches.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=gaillardia+</nowiki></ref>
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Nlaka'pamux use of infusion of whole plant as a treatment for cancer. <ref name=":2">Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
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1990, Thompson Ethnobotany:  Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the
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Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia
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Museum, page 181. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=gaillardia+</ref> It is important to note that depending on the time of the source and the orientation of the researcher, the term 'cancer' in medical and ethnobotanical texts may refer to a variety of conditions, that may or may not overlap neatly with common contemporary usage of the word.
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Nlaka'pamux use of decoction of plant as a tuberculosis remedy.<ref name=":2" />
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Havsuw' Baaja use as food, seeds parched, ground, and kneaded into seed butter.<ref>Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F.
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Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The
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University of Arizona Press, page 67. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=gaillardia+</ref>
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A rash or irritation may result from contact with the sap.<ref name=":1" />
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==== Ecological ====
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''G. aristata'' can be used in producing native wildflower sod for restoration of native plant colonies.<ref name=":0" />
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Provides food source of pollen, nectar, and cover for a wide variety of pollinators. It is a common nectar source for the adult stage of the butterfly, Edwards fritillary, ''Speyeria edwards''. <ref name=":0" />
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A cryptic moth, ''Schinia masoni,'' is color-camouflaged to mimic the yellow ray flowers and purplish-brown disk flowers of blanketflower as protection against predators.<ref name=":0" />
  
5.5-7.9 pH, low salinity tolerance
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Forage for young sage-grouse.<ref name=":0" />
Medium water use – medium drought tolerance
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Shade intolerant
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Early
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==Uses==
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Competes well with certain noxious weeds such as ''Acroptilon repens.''<ref name=":0" />
Pollinator food source
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Attracts butterflies, low palatability for browsing and grazing animals
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Used for numerous purposes ranging from soothing the sore nipples of nursing mothers (an infusion of whole plant applied topically) to curing cancer (an infusion of the whole plant is drunk).
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===Propagation===
WarningThe plants fuzzy hairs can cause a skin irritation in some susceptible people.
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Tolerant of drought conditions, and relatively fire resistant.<ref name=":0" />  
  
==Propagation==
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May be grown from seed or crown division. Spring seeding is preferred over summer or fall dormant seeding. Stratification is not necessary, but a period of cold moist stratification may decrease germination variability. The plants tend to be rather long-lived and may re-seed once established. <ref name=":1" />
Propagated by seed, root division or separation of offsets. Plant untreated seed in spring or fall. Germination is extremely variable. Plants may flower by the end of the first season. Make root divisions in early spring, dividing the tap root vertically
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==Photo Gallery==
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===Photo Gallery===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
File:GAIARI2.jpg| Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2005.
 
File:GAIARI2.jpg| Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2005.
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</gallery>
 
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==References==
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===References===

Latest revision as of 21:57, 20 March 2021

  • Scientific Name: Gaillardia aristata
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Common Names: blanket flower, great flowered gaillardia
  • Codon: GALARI

Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gaillaridia Foug.
Species: Gaillardia aristata Pursh

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Description

Native, herbaceous taprooted perennial, with one or several stems rising from the base.[2] 1-3 dms tall.[3]

Leaves are alternate, rough-hairy, lance-shaped, entired to lobed, rarely pinnately divided.[2]

Capitate inflorescence bearing yellow rays, often maroon at base, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, disk corollas purplish. Receptacle concex to subglobose, with chaffy bristles that do not subtend the individual florets. [4]

Aristata derived from Latin arist, bristle, in reference to the hairy stems and leaves, and the bristled fruits.[2]

Fruit is a one-seeded, gray-brown achene, 7-10mm inch long, with densely ascending hairs, a short pappus crown 7-10mm long, and awns approximately two times as long as the fruit body.[2]

Bloom Period

May - September[5]

Distribution

From south-central Canada to southern Colorado, east to the Dakotas and west to the Cascade Mountains of Washington and the Blue Mountains of Oregon.[2]

Habitat

Sunny, well-drained sites in prairie meadows up to montane grassy openings.[3]

Uses

Medicine and Food

A rich array of medicinal uses, including but not limited to the following

Sx̌ʷyʔiɬpx use of whole plant decoction as a tonic for kidney ailments, poultice of plant applied for backaches, decoction of plant for headaches.[6]

Nlaka'pamux use of infusion of whole plant as a treatment for cancer. [7] It is important to note that depending on the time of the source and the orientation of the researcher, the term 'cancer' in medical and ethnobotanical texts may refer to a variety of conditions, that may or may not overlap neatly with common contemporary usage of the word.

Nlaka'pamux use of decoction of plant as a tuberculosis remedy.[7]

Havsuw' Baaja use as food, seeds parched, ground, and kneaded into seed butter.[8]

A rash or irritation may result from contact with the sap.[3]

Ecological

G. aristata can be used in producing native wildflower sod for restoration of native plant colonies.[2]

Provides food source of pollen, nectar, and cover for a wide variety of pollinators. It is a common nectar source for the adult stage of the butterfly, Edwards fritillary, Speyeria edwards. [2]

A cryptic moth, Schinia masoni, is color-camouflaged to mimic the yellow ray flowers and purplish-brown disk flowers of blanketflower as protection against predators.[2]

Forage for young sage-grouse.[2]

Competes well with certain noxious weeds such as Acroptilon repens.[2]

Propagation

Tolerant of drought conditions, and relatively fire resistant.[2]

May be grown from seed or crown division. Spring seeding is preferred over summer or fall dormant seeding. Stratification is not necessary, but a period of cold moist stratification may decrease germination variability. The plants tend to be rather long-lived and may re-seed once established. [3]

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=37398
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Winslow, S., 2011. Plant Guide for blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata). USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center. Bridger, Montana 59014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Winslow, S. 2011. Plant fact sheet for blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata). USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center. Bridger, MT, 59014.
  4. Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
  5. WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Gaillardia%20aristata
  6. Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=gaillardia+
  7. 7.0 7.1 Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 181. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=gaillardia+
  8. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 67. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=gaillardia+