Gaillardia × grandiflora ‘Arizona Sun’

A cultivated hybrid derived from the North American species Gaillardia aristata and Gaillardia pulchella, this perennial herb is grown for its conspicuous flower heads. This compact selection has a rounded, branching habit and red ray flowers with contrasting yellow tips. The daisy-like heads consist of showy outer ray flowers and a central disk of many small tubular flowers. Flowering begins in the first year from seed. Photographed in Colombia.