Gaillardia arizonica, the Arizonia blanketflower, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to northwestern Mexico (Sonora)Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100. and the southwestern United States (Arizona, southern Nevada, southern Utah).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Gaillardia arizonica grows in sandy washes and alluvial deposits in desert regions. It is an annual herb, growing up to tall, and with leaves mostly crowding around its base. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to long. Each head has 10–16 yellow or orange ray flowers surrounding 40–100 yellow disc flowers.Flora of North America, Gaillardia arizonica A. Gray., 1884.
References
External links Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas