{"id":1133,"date":"2009-12-22T16:07:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T02:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowersnewx\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2011-07-27T15:02:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T01:02:14","slug":"gaillardia-grandiflora-fanfare-gaillardia-fanfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/1133\/gaillardia-grandiflora-fanfare-gaillardia-fanfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaillardia × grandiflora ‘Fanfare’ – Gaillardia ‘Fanfare’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gaillardia<\/p>\n

\"Gaillardia<\/p>\n

Plant Name<\/p>\n

Scientific Name:<\/span> Gaillardia<\/em> × grandiflora<\/em> ‘Fanfare’<\/p>\n

Common Names:<\/span> Gaillardia ‘Fanfare’, ‘Fanfare’ Blanket Flower, ‘Fanfare’ Blanketflower<\/p>\n

Plant Characteristics<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/span> Perennial<\/p>\n

Growth Habit:<\/span> Herb\/Forb<\/p>\n

Arizona Native Status:<\/span> Introduced. This cultivated wildflower has become naturalized here in a few locations.<\/p>\n

Habitat:<\/span> Desert, Upland. It is most common along roadsides.<\/p>\n

Flower Color:<\/span> Red rays with orange to yellow at the tips<\/p>\n

Flowering Season:<\/span> Spring<\/p>\n

Height:<\/span> To 14 inches (36 cm) tall<\/p>\n

Description:<\/span> The flower heads are 2 inches (5 cm) wide and have a dark red disk ringed by unusual, tubular, red rays with orange to yellow tips. The leaves are green, alternate, and lanceolate to oblong in shape.<\/p>\n

This unusual cultivar is a cross between Common Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata<\/em>) and Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella<\/em>)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Special Characteristics<\/p>\n

Butterfly Plant<\/span> – The flowers attract butterflies.<\/p>\n

Classification<\/p>\n

Kingdom:<\/span> Plantae – Plants
\nSubkingdom:<\/span> Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
\nSuperdivision:<\/span> Spermatophyta – Seed plants
\nDivision:<\/span> Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
\nClass:<\/span> Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
\nSubclass:<\/span> Asteridae
\nOrder:<\/span> Asterales
\nFamily:<\/span> Asteraceae – Aster family
\nGenus:<\/span> Gaillardia<\/em> Foug. – blanketflower
\nSpecies:<\/span> Gaillardia<\/em> × grandiflora<\/em> Van Houtte [aristata<\/em> × pulchella<\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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