Asteraceae FAMILY
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Gaillardia pinnatifida is a perennial plant with a rootstock that is sometimes rhizomatous; it produces a clump of stems around 15 - 35cm or more tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern and southern N. America - Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona,New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and northern Mexico.
HabitatClays or sandy soils, often disturbed places, in grasslands, desert scrub-lands, or pinyon woodlands; at elevations from 900 - 2,000 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].