| | Gaillardia aristata, Pursh (G. grandiflora, G. lutea, G. maxima, and G. perennis, Hort.). Erect, 2-3 ft.: lvs. rather thick, lanceolate or oblong, sometimes spatulate, varying from entire to sinuate pinnatifid: lobes of disk- corollas acute or awned; heads 3-4 in. across, the flat rays yellow, or in cult, varying to red (particularly at the base). Plains W. B.M. 2940. B.R. 1186. Gng. .2:345. Gn. 45, p. 325. A.F. 5:329.—This is the common perennial gaillardia of gardens (cult, under many names). Blooms the first year from seed. From G. pulchella it is distinguished by taller growth, firmer lvs., yellower heads, and less attenuate lobes of the disk- fls.; but it is practically impossible to distinguish the two, except that one is annual and the other perennial. | | Gaillardia aristata, Pursh (G. grandiflora, G. lutea, G. maxima, and G. perennis, Hort.). Erect, 2-3 ft.: lvs. rather thick, lanceolate or oblong, sometimes spatulate, varying from entire to sinuate pinnatifid: lobes of disk- corollas acute or awned; heads 3-4 in. across, the flat rays yellow, or in cult, varying to red (particularly at the base). Plains W. B.M. 2940. B.R. 1186. Gng. .2:345. Gn. 45, p. 325. A.F. 5:329.—This is the common perennial gaillardia of gardens (cult, under many names). Blooms the first year from seed. From G. pulchella it is distinguished by taller growth, firmer lvs., yellower heads, and less attenuate lobes of the disk- fls.; but it is practically impossible to distinguish the two, except that one is annual and the other perennial. |