RAYLESS GAILLARDIA
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Gaillardia suavis (A. Gray & Engelm.) Britton & Rusby
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| Barber County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-3 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May, June |
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| Also Called: | | Fragrant gaillardia, pincushion daisy. | | Stems: | | Flowering stalk slender, erect, leafless, pubescent. | | Leaves: | | Basal, simple, variable, oblanceolate, 2-6 inches long, loosely pubescent; margins entire or toothed to deeply cleft. | | Inflorescences: | | Heads, solitary, spherical, 3/4 to 1 inch wide, terminal. | | Flowers: | | Bracts ovate-lanceolate; ray florets absent, rarely few, inconspicuous, brownish; disk florets reddish brown, interspersed with numerous stiff bristles. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, small, long-hairy, tipped with 6-10 ovate-lanceolate, awned scales, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Open, dry, rocky sites on sandy or gypsum soils. | | Distribution: | | South-central and north-central Kansas. | | Comments: | | Rayless gaillardia has a sweet fragrance. |
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