Gaillardia aristata
Pursh · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Gaillardia aristata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 285 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Gaillardia aristata is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, known by the common names common blanketflower and common gaillardia. This perennial wildflower is widespread across much of North America, from Yukon east to Québec and south as far as California, Arizona, Illinois, and Connecticut, although it may be naturalized rather than native in parts of that range.Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map green indicates native; teal or blue-green signifies introducedCalflora taxon report, University of California, Gaillardia aristata Pursh, Blanketflower, common Indian blanket, common gaillardia It is also naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, Australia, and South America.Discover Life, Gaillardia aristata Pursh
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction25
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment26
Physiology & chemistry20
Uses & economy15
Other traits5
Compounds documented for Gaillardia aristata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds35 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3aR,5R,6S,8R,8aS,9S,9aS)-6,8,9-trihydroxy-5,8a-dimethyl-1-methylidene-4,5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydro-3aH-azuleno[6,5-b]furan-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-8-[(2R,3S,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-6-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-5-[(2R,3R,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-5-hydroxy-7-methoxychromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,7-Dihydroxy-4a,8-dimethyl-3-methylenedecahydroazuleno[6,5-b]furan-2(3H)-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxy-7-[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 7-[(2R,3R,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-[[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl]-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| [(1S)-1-[(3aR,6S,7R,8aR)-5,7-dimethyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-6,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-3aH-cyclohepta[b]furan-6-yl]-3-hydroxypropyl] acetate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(3aR,4aR,6R,7R,8aS,9aR)-6-hydroxy-8a-methyl-3,5-dimethylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,4a,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran-7-yl] acetate | present | LOTUS |
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 aristata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Gaillardia aristata 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.
2n 344×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
2n 362×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
2n 682×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
2n 722×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
2n 691×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
n 171×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
n 181×CCDB · Cave1956supp
n 841×CCDB · book-ipcn66
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type12 285 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions89 of 135 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Pullman, US | 230 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 135 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 130 |
| Missoula, US | 128 |
| Bronx, US | 110 |
| Vancouver, CA | 105 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 98 |
| Bozeman, US | 95 |
| Moscow, US | 89 |
| WINlocation not on record | 82 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 72 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 60 |
| Corvallis, US | 51 |
| Denver, US | 48 |
| Victoria, CA | 39 |
| Spearfish, US | 34 |
| Saint Louis, US | 28 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 25 |
| Görlitz, DE | 24 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 21 |
| Cheney, US | 18 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 15 |
| Chadron, US | 15 |
| Bloomington, US | 15 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 14 |
| Austin, US | 13 |
| Emporia, US | 13 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 13 |
| Provo, US | 12 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Albuquerque, US | 11 |
| Flagstaff, US | 11 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 10 |
| Logan, US | 10 |
| Madison, US | 10 |
| Tampa, US | 9 |
| Pittsburg, US | 9 |
| IDElocation not on record | 9 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 8 |
| Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record | 8 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 7 |
| Tacoma, US | 7 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 6 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| Québec, CA | 6 |
| Riverside, US | 6 |
| Boise, US | 5 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 5 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 5 |
| LPMMBHlocation not on record | 5 |
| Grand Junction, US | 4 |
| Orem, US | 4 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 4 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 4 |
| Bangkok, TH | 4 |
| Bend, US | 4 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 4 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 4 |
| Turlock, US | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Pocatello, US | 4 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 3 |
| Tempe, US | 3 |
| Herbario UTCEClocation not on record | 3 |
| Brookings, US | 3 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Barcelona, ES | 3 |
| Montréal, CA | 3 |
| Durango, US | 3 |
| Lake Charles, US | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| València, ES | 2 |
| Trondheim, NO | 2 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Portland, US | 2 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 2 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Blumenau, BR | 2 |
| SEFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR | 2 |
| Millersville, US | 2 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| Nanjing, CN | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Canberra, AU | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 1 |
| Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record | 1 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| Royal Alberta Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durban, ZA | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Pelotaslocation not on record | 1 |
| New Brunswick, US | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Caldwell, US | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Edmonton, CA | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| BOISlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Gaillardia aristata 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.