Gaillardia ×grandiflora Van Houtte

Perennial herb, 20–80 cm tall. Stems moderately to densely hairy, usually much-branched from base, often tinged reddish purple. Lvs very variable, all glandular and moderately to densely clothed on both surfaces with short and long jointed hairs; basal lvs petiolate, elliptic, acute, cuneate, entire, finely serrate or rarely pinnatifid, 4–15 cm long; lower and mid cauline lvs petiolate or cuneately narrowed to stem, usually 1-pinnatifid or coarsely toothed, sometimes serrate or entire; uppermost lvs apetiolate, oblong to lanceolate, often amplexicaul, usually entire, sometimes serrate, 3–10 cm long. Capitula 4–8 cm diam., long-pedunculate. Involucral bracts in 3 rows, densely hairy, glandular and ciliate, ovate-triangular to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 8–25 mm long, reflexed at fruiting. Ray florets 8–18; ligules yellow to yellow-orange, darker orange or red to purple near base, or yellow only at tips; disc florets numerous, tinged purple or crimson. Setae filiform, glabrous, = or > achenes. Achenes 3.5–5 mm long, obscured by long antrorse hairs; pappus scales 6–8, ovate-lanceolate, aristate, 5–10 mm long, with the awn 1–2× length of body.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Jan.–Mar.