Gaillardia Fanfare Flower Stock Photo

Gaillardia fanfare flower red yellow flower Gaillardia, the Blanket flowers, is a genus of drought-tolerant annual and perennial plants from the sunflower family Asteraceae, native to North America. It was named after M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany. The common name refers to the inflorescence`s resemblance to brightly patterned blankets made by native Americans. These plants form wiry, branched stems with lanceolate to linear basal leaves. The plant grows to 1+1/2 to 2 ft 16 to 61 cm tall, with bright daisy-like single color and bi-color blooms in shades from buff to red to brown. The flowers bloom in the summer. There are more than two dozen known species of Gaillardia.