Gaillardia × grandiflora

Gaillardia × grandiflora, known as blanket flower, is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the sunflower family Asteraceae, which is a cross of garden origin between G. aristata × G. pulchella.

This herbaceous perennial and its cultivars are valued for their large ornamental blooms in summer and autumn.

'Dazzler', with orange flowers tipped with yellow, grows to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad.

It has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

[1] Several other cultivars exist, in the same range of colours (red, orange and yellow).