Coreopsis californica |
Coreopsis pulchra |
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California tickseed |
woodland tickseed |
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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. |
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Ray laminae | 10–20+ mm. |
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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. |
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2n | = 24. |
= 26. |
Coreopsis californica |
Coreopsis pulchra |
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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 |
AZ; CA
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AL; GA |
Discussion | Coreopsis californica may occur sporadically in New Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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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 | ||
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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