Yellow blanket flower: Gaillardia pinnatifida

Overview of yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) Gaillardia pinnatifida. Photographed at Aguirre Springs Campground, May 8, 2005.
 Overview of yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) <em>Gaillardia pinnatifida</em>.
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Overview of yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) <em>Gaillardia pinnatifida</em>.
Overview of yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) Gaillardia pinnatifida. Note the three clefted ray flowers and the bee on the flower. Photographed at Aguirre Springs Campground, May 8, 2005.
Closeup of fronts of the leaves of the yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) Gaillardia pinnatifida. Note the numerous hairs on the leaves. Photographed at Aguirre Springs Campground, May 8, 2005.
 Closeup of fronts of the leaves of the yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) <em>Gaillardia pinnatifida</em>.
Closeup of back of the leaves of the yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) <em>Gaillardia pinnatifida</em>.
Closeup of back of the leaves of the yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) Gaillardia pinnatifida. Note the numerous hairs and glandular dots on the leaves. Photographed at Aguirre Springs Campground, May 8, 2005.
Closeup of stem of the yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) Gaillardia pinnatifida. Note the numerous hairs on the stem. Photographed at Aguirre Springs Campground, May 8, 2005.
 Closeup of stem of the yellow blanketflower (a.k.a. red dome blanketflower) <em>Gaillardia pinnatifida</em>.

Taxonomy:

KingdomPlantae---Plants
  SubkingdomTracheobionta---Vascular plants
    SuperdivisionSpermatophyta---Seed plants
      DivisionMagnoliophyta---Flowering plants
        ClassMagnoliopsida---Dicotyledons
          SubclassAsteridae
            OrderAsterales
              FamilyAsteraceae---Aster family
                GenusGaillardiaFoug.---blanketflower
                  SpeciesGaillardia pinnatifida Torr. ---red dome blanketflower

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