Gaillardia henricksonii is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to northwestern Mexico, found only in the State of Coahuila.Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100.
Gaillardia henricksonii grows in soil derived from gypsum. It is a perennial herb up to tall, with a large taproot and leaves on the stem rather than clumped at the base. Leaves are long and narrow, up to long, covered with woolly hairs. Each flower head is about wide. Each head has 8 salmon-colored ray flowers surrounding 60-80 reddish or brownish disc flowers.Turner, Billie Lee. 1976. Wrightia 5(8): 305–307 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English; full page of line drawings on page 307
It is named for American botanist James Solberg Henrickson. It was first published in Wrightia 5(8): 305–307, f. 41. 1976.
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