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tall coreopsis, tall tickseed

bigflower coreopsis, bigleaf tickseed, large-flower tickseed

Habit Perennials, 90–180+ cm. Perennials, 40–60+ cm.
Leaves

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.

mostly cauline on proximal 2/3–7/8 of plant heights;

petioles 0 or 10–35+ mm;

blades usually 1(–2)-irregularly pinnately or ± pedately lobed with (3–)5–9+ lobes, rarely simple, simple blades or terminal lobes narrowly lanceolate to linear or filiform, 15–45(–90+) × (0.5–)2–8(–12+) mm.

Peduncles

2–5+ cm.

8–15(–25+) cm.

Ray laminae

12–22+ mm.

yellow, 12–25+ mm.

Disc florets/Disc corollas

40–80+;

corollas red-brown to purplish, 5–6 mm.

3.3–4.8 mm, apices yellow.

Phyllaries

8, ± oblong to lance-oblong, 6–8 mm.

lance-ovate, 7–9(–12) mm.

Calyculi

of 5–6 oblong bractlets 1.5–5 mm.

of lanceolate to linear bractlets 3.5–9+ mm.

Cypselae

obovate to oblong, 4–5(–6) mm.

2–3+ mm, wings spreading, ± chartaceous, entire or irregularly toothed to pectinate.

Internodes

(± mid stem) 3–7(–10+) cm.

Aerial

nodes proximal to first peduncle usually 6–10+, distalmost 1–3 internodes 4–7+ cm.

2n

= 26.

= 26 (+ 0–2B).

Coreopsis tripteris

Coreopsis grandiflora

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Heavy loams, moist sands, along streams, boggy meadows Sandy soils, ditches and roadsides, other disturbed sites, granite and sandstone outcrops
Elevation 100–500 m (300–1600 ft) 30–300+ m (100–1000+ ft)
Distribution
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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

Coreopsis grandiflora var. inclinata J. R. Allison from glades in Alabama may merit recognition.

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

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 191. FNA vol. 21, p. 194.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Gyrophyllum Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Coreopsis
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. rosea, C. stillmanii, C. tinctoria, C. verticillata
C. auriculata, C. basalis, C. bigelovii, C. californica, C. calliopsidea, C. delphiniifolia, C. douglasii, C. gigantea, C. gladiata, 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. rosea, C. stillmanii, C. tinctoria, C. tripteris, C. verticillata
Synonyms C. tripteris var. deamii, C. tripteris var. smithii C. grandiflora var. harveyana, C. grandiflora var. longipes, C. grandiflora var. saxicola, C. saxicola
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 908. (1753) Hogg ex Sweet: Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: plate 175. (1826)
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