Coreopsis gladiata
Coreopsis sect. Eublepharis
coastal plain tickseed, Florida tickseed, sickle tickseed, Texas tickseed
basal and cauline; usually alternate, sometimes opposite and alternate or all opposite;
petioles 1–10(–15+) cm, not ciliate;
blades elliptic or lanceolate to ± linear, (2–)4–8(–15+) cm × (3–)7–12(–40+) mm, sometimes with 1–2 lateral lobes.
basal and cauline, usually alternate, sometimes both alternate and opposite, or all opposite;
blades mostly simple, sometimes with 1–2 lateral lobes (none in C. nudata).
(1–)4–8(–10+) cm.
8(–13), neuter;
laminae yellow or purple to pink or white, ± cuneate, broadest distal to middles, usually 3-lobed (middle lobes sometimes toothed).
yellow, (12–)15–20+ mm.
40–80+;
corollas purplish or purple-tipped, 2.8–4.8 mm.
40–120+;
corollas ochroleucous to yellow or red-brown to purple or apices red-brown to purple, lobes 4;
style-branch apices ± truncate.
lance-ovate to lanceolate, 6–9(–12) mm.
(7–)8(–9).
of broadly deltate-ovate to lance-ovate or lance-linear bractlets 2–6+ mm.
of 5–8(–12+) bractlets.
± obovate to oblong, 3–4 mm, winged, wings 0.2–0.4+ mm wide, ± pectinate;
pappi of 2 subulate scales 0.5–1+ mm.
obovate or oblong to linear, margins winged or not, wings ± corky to chartaceous, ± pectinate, ± spreading, not ciliolate, faces glabrous, smooth or ± tuberculate;
pappi 0, or (1–)2 cusps, awns, or scales (0.1–1+ mm).
(± mid stem) (1–)8–12+ cm.
± linear (not distally dilated or attenuate).
= 13.
= 26.
Coreopsis gladiata
Coreopsis sect. Eublepharis
As here circumscribed, Coreopsis gladiata includes plants that others (without agreement among themselves) have treated as distinct species and/or varieties: C. falcata (leaves mostly basal and/or proximal, alternate, blades mostly lance-linear to linear, often 1–2 with 1–2 lateral lobes, faces not dotted; outer phyllaries lance-ovate to lance-linear; Ga., N.C., S.C.); C. floridana (leaves mostly basal and/or proximal, alternate, blades mostly lance-linear to linear, not lobed, not dotted; outer phyllaries broadly deltate-ovate; Fla.), C. helianthoides (leaves mostly cauline, alternate, blades mostly elliptic to lanceolate, not lobed, faces not dotted; outer phyllaries lance-ovate to lance-linear; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C.), and C. linifolia (leaves basal and cauline or mostly cauline, alternate or opposite or both, blades mostly lance-linear to linear, seldom lobed, faces bearing dark or translucent dots; outer phyllaries lance-ovate to lance-linear; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Species 4 (4 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Leaves lacking blades (petioles ± terete, 5–30+ cm × 0.5–2+ mm, functionally equivalent to leaves) | C. nudata |
1. Leaves with blades (petioles not 5–30+ cm × 0.5–2 mm) | → 2 |
2. Ray corollas ± pinkish to white; cypselae 1.3–1.8 mm, not winged | C. rosea |
2. Ray corollas yellow; cypselae 3–4.5 mm, wings ± pectinate | → 3 |
3. Leaves all opposite; petioles ± ciliate; wings of cypselae 0.1 mm wide; pappi of 1–2 cusps 0.1–0.2 mm | C. integrifolia |
3. Leaves usually all or mostly alternate, seldom some or all opposite; petioles not ciliate; wings of cypselae 0.2–0.4+ mm wide; pappi of 2, subulate scales 0.5–1+ mm | C. gladiata |
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