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pink tick-seed

woodland tickseed

Habit Perennials, 10–30(–60) cm. Perennials, 20–40+ 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 usually 3-foliolate, simple blades or leaflets entire or each ± pedately lobed with 2–5+, ± oblong to linear lobes 15–30+ × 1–1.5(–2.5+) mm.

Peduncles

2–4(–6+) cm.

2–5(–8+) cm.

Ray laminae

pinkish to white, 9–15+ mm.

10–20+ mm.

Disc florets

40–60+;

corollas ochroleucous to yellow, 2.5–3 mm.

30–45+;

corollas yellow (sometimes drying blackish) or purple, 3–4 mm.

Phyllaries

deltate-ovate, 4.5–5.5 mm.

8, lance-ovate to oblong, 4–5 mm.

Calyculi

of oblong to linear bractlets 1.5–2+ mm.

of 8 oblong to linear bractlets 1.5–3+ 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) 8–12(–16) mm.

2n

= 26.

= 26.

Coreopsis rosea

Coreopsis pulchra

Phenology Flowering Aug–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Sandy shores, marsh edges, etc. Openings in woods, sandstone outcrops
Elevation 0–50 m (0–200 ft) 300 m (1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
DE; MA; NJ; PA; RI; SC; NS
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AL; GA
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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. major, C. maritima, C. nudata, C. nuecensis, C. palmata, C. pubescens, C. rosea, C. stillmanii, C. tinctoria, C. tripteris, C. verticillata
Name authority Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 179. (1818) F. E. Boynton: in J. K. Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., 1277, 1340. (1903)
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