Coreopsis rosea |
Coreopsis major |
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pink tick-seed |
greater tickseed |
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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 |
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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 |
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.) |
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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 | ||
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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