Gaillardia aestivalis is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name lanceleaf blanketflower. It is native to the south-central and southern United States from Texas east to Florida and north to the Carolinas, Arkansas, and Kansas. There are also reports of historical (now extirpated) populations in Missouri and introduced populations in Nebraska.Gaillardia aestivalis. Flora of North America. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant.Gaillardia aestivalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Gaillardia aestivalis is a perennial herb, sometimes growing from a rhizome, reaching maximum heights around 60 centimeters (2 feet) or more. The leaves are borne alternately along the stem. They are variable in shape and up to 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) long. The ones toward the top may clasp the stem at their bases. The flower heads are lined with several phyllaries. There are usually 6 to 12 ray florets, sometimes up to 15, but sometimes none. These are variable in color, being purplish, yellowish, or whitish. There are many disc florets at the center, also variable in color, especially across the varieties. The fruit is an achene which may be up to a centimeter (0.4 inches) long, including its pappus of scales. There are three varieties of this plant. The rare var. winkleri (Winkler's blanketflowerGaillardia aestivalis. United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile. or white fire-wheel)Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri. Center for Plant Conservation. is endemic to the Pineywoods of Texas.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Gaillardia aestivalis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Gaillardia aestivalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections5
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★rbcL1★rbcLa★ITS5★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualGaillardia aestivalis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 34 n = 17
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 341×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Zhao, Z. 1996. Documented chromosome numbers 1996:2. Miscellaneous U. S. A. and Mexican species, mostly Asteraceae. Sida 17(1): 259–263.
n 172×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — JONES, S.B. Jr. 1968. Chromosome numbers in southeastern United States Compositae I. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95: 393-395.
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — JONES, S.B. 1973. In IOPB chromosome number reports XLII. Taxon 647-654.
n 181×CCDB · Cave1956supp
CCDB · Cave1956supp — Biddulph 1944
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 060≤1 km 174≤10 km 90>10 km 159
1 483 georeferenced · 477 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 960
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km
≤100 m 36≤1 km 55≤10 km 97>10 km 40
228 georeferenced · 273 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence501
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions40 of 56 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Wuzhou, CN
81
Bronx, US
39
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
36
Fort Worth, US
34
Jackson, US
29
Tampa, US
28
Tuscaloosa, US
19
Austin, US
18
Bangkok, TH
17
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
15
Pullman, US
14
Miami, US
11
Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
11
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
9
Little Rock, US
9
US
8
BAYLUlocation not on record
8
Emporia, US
7
Lubbock, US
7
AUAlocation not on record
7
Bloomington, US
6
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
5
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
5
Burlington, US
5
Clemson, US
5
Riverside, US
4
Columbia, US
4
Saint Louis, US
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Baltimore, US
4
GAlocation not on record
3
Denver, US
3
Mississippi State, US
3
EL PASO, US
3
Chapel Hill, US
3
Baroda, IN
2
Pittsburg, US
2
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
2
Davis, US
2
Denton, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
Phoenix, US
2
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record
1
Provo, US
1
Norfolk, US
1
Columbus State Universitylocation not on record
1
Moscow, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
San Angelo, US
1
Due West, US
1
Williamsburg, US
1
Bern, CH
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
Harrisonburg, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
56 institutions · 496 of 501 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Gaillardia aestivalis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median14.1 °C 14.1–14.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.9 °C
Max temp (day)20.2 °C
Min temp (night)8.80 °C
Precipitation137 mm/mo
Air humidity55.6 %
Moisture balance34.9 mm/mo
Vapour deficit716 Pa
Wind speed3.00 m/s
Cloud cover43.3 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 461 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗