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pink tick-seed

greater tickseed

Habit Perennials, 10–30(–60) cm. Perennials, 30–90 cm.
Leaves

mostly cauline; opposite;

petioles 0–1 mm, ciliate or not;

blades lance-linear to linear or filiform, 20–45(–60) × 1–2(–3+) mm, rarely with 1–2 lateral lobes.

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

2–4(–6+) cm.

2–6+ cm.

Ray laminae

pinkish to white, 9–15+ mm.

12–30+ mm.

Disc florets

40–60+;

corollas ochroleucous to yellow, 2.5–3 mm.

40–80+;

corollas yellow (often drying blackish to purplish), 6–7 mm.

Phyllaries

deltate-ovate, 4.5–5.5 mm.

8, lance-oblong to lance-ovate, 6–8 mm.

Calyculi

of oblong to linear bractlets 1.5–2+ mm.

of 7–8 oblong to linear bractlets 3–6 mm.

Cypselae

narrowly oblong, 1.3–1.8 mm, not winged;

pappi 0.

obovate to oblong, 4–5 mm.

Internodes

(± mid stem) 1–4(–5+) cm.

(± mid stem) 5–11 cm.

2n

= 26.

= 26, 78, 104.

Coreopsis rosea

Coreopsis major

Phenology Flowering Aug–Sep. Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Sandy shores, marsh edges, etc. Oak barrens, road clearings, wooded bottoms
Elevation 0–50 m (0–200 ft) 300–800 m (1000–2600 ft)
Distribution
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DE; MA; NJ; PA; RI; SC; NS
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AL; FL; GA; IN; KY; LA; MA; MS; NC; NY; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; WV
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Discussion

Occurrence of Coreopsis rosea in South Carolina may represent a human-mediated disjunction; the collection came from a “lime sink” near a trailer park close to a freeway.

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

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 196. FNA vol. 21, p. 192.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Eublepharis Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Gyrophyllum
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. maritima, C. nudata, C. nuecensis, C. palmata, C. pubescens, C. pulchra, C. stillmanii, C. tinctoria, C. tripteris, C. verticillata
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. maritima, C. nudata, C. nuecensis, C. palmata, C. pubescens, C. pulchra, C. rosea, C. stillmanii, C. tinctoria, C. tripteris, C. verticillata
Synonyms C. major var. rigida, C. major var. stellata
Name authority Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 179. (1818) Walter: Fl. Carol., 214. (1788)
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