Coreopsis rosea |
Coreopsis tripteris |
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pink tick-seed |
tall coreopsis, tall tickseed |
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Habit | Perennials, 10–30(–60) cm. | Perennials, 90–180+ 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 5–45 mm; blades usually 3-foliolate, leaflets usually simple, sometimes ± pinnately lobed, ultimate blades ± lanceolate, 4–9(–12+) cm × (9–)12–35+ mm. |
Peduncles | 2–4(–6+) cm. |
2–5+ cm. |
Ray laminae | pinkish to white, 9–15+ mm. |
12–22+ mm. |
Disc florets | 40–60+; corollas ochroleucous to yellow, 2.5–3 mm. |
40–80+; corollas red-brown to purplish, 5–6 mm. |
Phyllaries | deltate-ovate, 4.5–5.5 mm. |
8, ± oblong to lance-oblong, 6–8 mm. |
Calyculi | of oblong to linear bractlets 1.5–2+ mm. |
of 5–6 oblong bractlets 1.5–5 mm. |
Cypselae | narrowly oblong, 1.3–1.8 mm, not winged; pappi 0. |
obovate to oblong, 4–5(–6) mm. |
Internodes | (± mid stem) 1–4(–5+) cm. |
(± mid stem) 3–7(–10+) cm. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Coreopsis rosea |
Coreopsis tripteris |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Sep. | Flowering Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Sandy shores, marsh edges, etc. | Heavy loams, moist sands, along streams, boggy meadows |
Elevation | 0–50 m (0–200 ft) | 100–500 m (300–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
DE; MA; NJ; PA; RI; SC; NS
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AL; AR; CT; DC; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON; QC
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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 |
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Synonyms | C. tripteris var. deamii, C. tripteris var. smithii | |
Name authority | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 179. (1818) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 908. (1753) |
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