Coreopsis maritima |
Coreopsis sect. Tuckermannia |
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sea dahlia |
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Habit | Perennials, 10–40(–80) cm. | Perennials, subshrubs, or shrubs (often ± fleshy). | ||||
Leaves | lobes mostly linear, 5–30(–45) × (0.5–)1–2(–4) mm. |
cauline; alternate; blades (1–)2–3-pinnately lobed. |
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Peduncles | (8–)15–30+ cm. |
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Ray florets | 16–21+; laminae 20–35+ mm. |
11–21+, pistillate, fertile; laminae yellow, ± elliptic to oblong, each broadest at or near middle, apices entire or 2–3-toothed. |
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Disc florets/ |
5.5–7 mm. |
80–150+; corollas yellow, lobes 5; style-branch apices ± truncate. |
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Phyllaries | 12–13+, lanceolate, 12–20 mm. |
8–14+. |
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Calyculi | of 7–11+ oblong-deltate to linear bractlets (8–)12–20(–30) mm. |
of 4–12 bractlets. |
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Heads | 1–2(–4+) per stem. |
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Cypselae | oblong-rectangular, 6–7 mm. |
± oblong, wings chartaceous to membranous, entire, not ciliolate, faces glabrous, smooth; pappi 0, or (1–)2 cusps 0.1–0.2+ mm (shoulders of wings sometimes bristly). |
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Paleae | lanceolate to linear-oblong. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Coreopsis maritima |
Coreopsis sect. Tuckermannia |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Jun. | |||||
Habitat | Coastal bluffs and dunes | |||||
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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Coastal Calif; adjacent islands; nw Mexico (including Guadalupe Island) |
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Discussion | Species 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 187. | FNA vol. 21, p. 186. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Tuckermannia | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis | ||||
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Synonyms | Tuckermannia maritima | section Tuckermannia | ||||
Name authority | (Nuttall) Hooker f.: Bot. Mag. 102: plate 6241. (1876) | (Nuttall) S. F. Blake: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 49: 340. (1913) | ||||
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