Gaillardia spathulata, the western blanketflower, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the western United States (Utah, western Colorado, and northwestern Arizona, with an isolated population reported from central Kansas).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Western blanketflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gaillardia
- Species
- Gaillardia spathulata
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