''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). ''Gaillardia spathulata'' grows in clay sandy washes often in desert regions. It is an annual herb up to tall, with leaves on the stem rather than crowded around the base. Each flower head is on its own flower stalk up to long. Each head has 7-10 yellow ray flowers surrounding 60-100 yellow disc flowers.Flora of North America, ''Gaillardia spathulata'' A. Gray, 1876.
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spathulata Flora of the Western United States Plants described in 1877 Taxa named by Asa Gray Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Helenieae-stub