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California tickseed

woodland tickseed

Habit Annuals, 5–20(–30+) cm. Perennials, 20–40+ cm.
Leaves

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

petioles 0–1 mm;

blades usually 3-foliolate, simple blades or leaflets entire or each ± pedately lobed with 2–5+, ± oblong to linear lobes 15–30+ × 1–1.5(–2.5+) mm.

Peduncles

5–15(–30+) cm.

2–5(–8+) cm.

Ray florets

(5–)8(–12+);

laminae 7–10(–15+) mm.

Ray laminae

10–20+ mm.

Disc florets

20–60(–100+);

corollas 2–3.6 mm.

30–45+;

corollas yellow (sometimes drying blackish) or purple, 3–4 mm.

Phyllaries

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

8, lance-ovate to oblong, 4–5 mm.

Calyculi

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

of 8 oblong to linear bractlets 1.5–3+ mm.

Cypselae

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

obovate to oblong, 4–5 mm.

Internodes

(± mid stem) 8–12(–16) mm.

2n

= 24.

= 26.

Coreopsis californica

Coreopsis pulchra

Phenology Flowering Feb–Jun. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Openings in desert scrub, stabilized dunes Openings in woods, sandstone outcrops
Elevation 300–1000 m (1000–3300 ft) 300 m (1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA
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from FNA
AL; GA
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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. 192.
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. palmata, C. pubescens, 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) F. E. Boynton: in J. K. Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., 1277, 1340. (1903)
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