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sea dahlia

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.

Peduncles

(8–)15–30+ cm.

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.

Disc florets/Disc corollas

5.5–7 mm.

80–150+;

corollas yellow, lobes 5;

style-branch apices ± truncate.

Phyllaries

12–13+, lanceolate, 12–20 mm.

8–14+.

Calyculi

of 7–11+ oblong-deltate to linear bractlets (8–)12–20(–30) mm.

of 4–12 bractlets.

Heads

1–2(–4+) per stem.

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).

Paleae

lanceolate to linear-oblong.

2n

= 24.

Coreopsis maritima

Coreopsis sect. Tuckermannia

Phenology Flowering Feb–Jun.
Habitat Coastal bluffs and dunes
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[WildflowerSearch map]
Coastal Calif; adjacent islands; nw Mexico (including Guadalupe Island)
Discussion

Species 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Subshrubs or shrubs, (10–)30–250+ cm; heads (1–)8–12+ per stem; peduncles 4–12(–18+) cm; ray florets 8–13+
C. gigantea
1. Perennials, 1–4(–8) dm; heads 1–2(–4+) per stem; peduncles (8–)15–30+ cm; ray florets 16–21+
C. maritima
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
Sibling taxa
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. nudata, C. nuecensis, C. palmata, C. pubescens, C. pulchra, C. rosea, C. stillmanii, C. tinctoria, C. tripteris, C. verticillata
Subordinate taxa
C. gigantea, C. maritima
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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