| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaillardia aristata Pursh trib. Heliantheae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 573 (1813) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to n. USA and Utah |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 200-2900m |
| Description | leaves linear-oblong, ca. 15cm long, entire to irregularly dentate, capitula solitary, disc 15-30mm across, purple, ligules 6-16, 15-35mm long, trilobate |
| Size | 20-70cm |
| Color | rich golden yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gaillardia aristata var. foliacea Lunell Gaillardia aristata f. monochroma B.Boivin Gaillardia aristata f. tubulilfora Clute Gaillardia bicolor var. aristata (Pursh) Nutt. Gaillardia bracteosa Standl. Gaillardia hallii Rydb. Gaillardia perennis Loisel. Gaillardia richardsonii hort. Gaillardia roezlii Regel Gaillardia rustica Cass. Polatherus scaber Raf. Virgilia grandiflora Nutt. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAS Masachusettes, NWH New Hampshire) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |