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Gaillardia ×grandiflora

Honey bee on flower head; garden, 16 Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/02/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Honey bee on flower head; garden, 16 Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/01/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

basal rosette leaves; garden, 16 Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 10/01/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Cauline leaves & stem node; garden, 16 Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 19/02/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

basal rosette leaves, lobed margins; garden, 16 Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 10/02/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Involucral bracts of young flower head; garden, 16 Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 10/02/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) on flower head; garden, 16 Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/02/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Fruiting head and separated achenes; garden plant, Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 26/02/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

gaillardia

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Flower colours

Red/Pink, Yellow

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Gaillardia ×grandiflora Van Houtte

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1958

Origin

Cultivated hybrid

Other information

Etymology

gaillardia: Named after Monseur Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate and patron of botany.

grandiflora: Large flowered