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California tickseed

stiff tickseed, wedgeleaf coreopsis

Habit Annuals, 5–20(–30+) cm. Perennials, 30–80 cm.
Leaves

blades simple or 1(–2)-pinnately lobed, terminal lobes filiform, 0.5–1(–1.5) mm wide.

petioles 0–1 mm (or 5–25+ mm, winged, and scarcely distinct from blades);

blades not 3-foliolate, most with 3(–5+), ± oblong to linear lobes (5–)15–40+ × 2–3(–7+) mm (sometimes some leaves not lobed).

Peduncles

5–15(–30+) cm.

1–4+ cm.

Ray florets

(5–)8(–12+);

laminae 7–10(–15+) mm.

Ray laminae

15–25+ mm.

Disc florets

20–60(–100+);

corollas 2–3.6 mm.

60–80+;

corollas yellow (sometimes drying blackish), 5–6.5 mm.

Phyllaries

5–8, obovate to oblanceolate, 4–6(–7+) mm.

8, ± oblong to nearly orbiculate, 6–10 mm.

Calyculi

of (3–)5–8 linear bractlets 3–7+ mm, not ciliolate near bases.

of 9–12+ oblong to lanceolate bractlets 3–9+ mm.

Cypselae

± oblong, (2.5–)3–4+ mm, marked adaxially with red dots or dashes, wings corky-thickened, faces ± tuberculate and/or hirtellous.

oblong, 5–6 mm.

Internodes

(± mid stem) 25–50 mm.

2n

= 24.

= 26.

Coreopsis californica

Coreopsis palmata

Phenology Flowering Feb–Jun. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Openings in desert scrub, stabilized dunes Prairies, open woods
Elevation 300–1000 m (1000–3300 ft) 100–300 m (300–1000 ft)
Distribution
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Discussion

Coreopsis californica may occur sporadically in New Mexico.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 189. FNA vol. 21, p. 191.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Leptosyne Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Gyrophyllum
Sibling taxa
C. auriculata, C. basalis, C. bigelovii, C. calliopsidea, C. delphiniifolia, C. douglasii, C. gigantea, C. gladiata, C. grandiflora, C. hamiltonii, C. integrifolia, C. intermedia, C. lanceolata, C. latifolia, C. leavenworthii, C. major, C. maritima, C. nudata, C. nuecensis, C. palmata, C. pubescens, C. pulchra, C. rosea, C. stillmanii, C. tinctoria, C. tripteris, C. verticillata
C. auriculata, C. basalis, C. bigelovii, C. californica, C. calliopsidea, C. delphiniifolia, C. douglasii, C. gigantea, C. gladiata, C. grandiflora, C. hamiltonii, C. integrifolia, C. intermedia, C. lanceolata, C. latifolia, C. leavenworthii, C. major, C. maritima, C. nudata, C. nuecensis, C. pubescens, C. pulchra, C. rosea, C. stillmanii, C. tinctoria, C. tripteris, C. verticillata
Synonyms Leptosyne californica, C. californica subsp. newberryi, C. californica var. newberryi
Name authority (Nuttall) H. Sharsmith: Madroño 4: 217. (1938) Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 180. (1818)
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