Coreopsis rosea |
Coreopsis palmata |
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pink tick-seed |
stiff tickseed, wedgeleaf coreopsis |
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Habit | Perennials, 10–30(–60) cm. | Perennials, 30–80 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 (or 5–25+ mm, winged, and scarcely distinct from blades); blades not 3-foliolate, most with 3(–5+), ± oblong to linear lobes (5–)15–40+ × 2–3(–7+) mm (sometimes some leaves not lobed). |
Peduncles | 2–4(–6+) cm. |
1–4+ cm. |
Ray laminae | pinkish to white, 9–15+ mm. |
15–25+ mm. |
Disc florets | 40–60+; corollas ochroleucous to yellow, 2.5–3 mm. |
60–80+; corollas yellow (sometimes drying blackish), 5–6.5 mm. |
Phyllaries | deltate-ovate, 4.5–5.5 mm. |
8, ± oblong to nearly orbiculate, 6–10 mm. |
Calyculi | of oblong to linear bractlets 1.5–2+ mm. |
of 9–12+ oblong to lanceolate bractlets 3–9+ mm. |
Cypselae | narrowly oblong, 1.3–1.8 mm, not winged; pappi 0. |
oblong, 5–6 mm. |
Internodes | (± mid stem) 1–4(–5+) cm. |
(± mid stem) 25–50 mm. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Coreopsis rosea |
Coreopsis palmata |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Sep. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Sandy shores, marsh edges, etc. | Prairies, open woods |
Elevation | 0–50 m (0–200 ft) | 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
DE; MA; NJ; PA; RI; SC; NS
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AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; LA; MI; MN; MO; NE; OK; SD; WI
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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. 191. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Eublepharis | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Gyrophyllum |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 179. (1818) | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 180. (1818) |
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