Coreopsis calliopsidea |
Coreopsis major |
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leafstem tickseed |
greater tickseed |
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Habit | Annuals, (5–)12–30(–50) cm. | Perennials, 30–90 cm. |
Leaves | lobes linear, 3–30 × 0.5–3 mm. |
petioles 0–1 mm; blades simple or 3-foliolate, simple blades or leaflets ± lance-elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, 25–55(–100+) × (4–)6–15(–30+) mm (seldom lobed). |
Peduncles | 5–25+ cm. |
2–6+ cm. |
Ray florets | (5–)8+; laminae 12–20(–30) mm. |
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Ray laminae | 12–30+ mm. |
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Disc florets | (12–)40–100+; corollas 4–6.6 mm. |
40–80+; corollas yellow (often drying blackish to purplish), 6–7 mm. |
Phyllaries | (5–)8, lance-ovate to lanceolate, 6–10+ mm. |
8, lance-oblong to lance-ovate, 6–8 mm. |
Calyculi | of 3–5 ovate-deltate bractlets (3–)4–6 mm. |
of 7–8 oblong to linear bractlets 3–6 mm. |
Cypselae | obovate to oblong, 4–5 mm. |
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Disc cypselae | oblanceolate to linear, 5–6 mm; pappi 3–4(–5) mm. |
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Ray cypselae | ± oblong, 4–6 mm. |
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Paleae | seldom basally adnate to and falling with disc cypselae. |
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Internodes | (± mid stem) 5–11 cm. |
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2n | = 24. |
= 26, 78, 104. |
Coreopsis calliopsidea |
Coreopsis major |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Jun. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Alkaline playas, flood plains, deep sands | Oak barrens, road clearings, wooded bottoms |
Elevation | 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) | 300–800 m (1000–2600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AL; FL; GA; IN; KY; LA; MA; MS; NC; NY; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; WV
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 188. | FNA vol. 21, p. 192. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Pugiopappus | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Gyrophyllum |
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Synonyms | Agarista calliopsidea | C. major var. rigida, C. major var. stellata |
Name authority | (de Candolle) A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 90. (1859) | Walter: Fl. Carol., 214. (1788) |
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