According to "Siri:" Gaillardia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, native to North and South America. It was named after Maître Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was an enthusiastic botanist. The common name [blanket flower] may refer to the resemblance of the inflorescence to the brightly patterned blankets made by Native Americans, or to the ability of wild taxa to blanket the ground with colonies. Many cultivars have been bred for ornamental use.
Happy to have the late-summer gaillardia flowers to brighten our table, we drawing group members didn't hesitate to enjoy drawing these glowing members of the sunflower family. Using the media of our choice, we then added color. I thought you, the readers might enjoy our renderings of this flower named after a French botanist.
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