Gaillardia Foug.
Blanketflower
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(Gaillardia) · 8/16/2009 · Joan & Jim’s, Mansfield, Massachusetts · ≈ 15 × 10″ (39 × 26 cm) 
Species not yet identified 
(Gaillardia) · 8/16/2009 · Joan & Jim’s, Mansfield, Massachusetts · ≈ 3 × 3″ (8.1 × 7.4 cm) Species not yet identified 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Gaillardia | After Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate, naturalist and patron of botany |
Gaillardia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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