Coreopsis leavenworthii

Leavenworth's Tickseed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Coreopsis
Species: C. leavenworthii
Binomial name
Coreopsis leavenworthii
Torrey & A. Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Coreopsis angustata Greene
  • Coreopsis lewtonii Small

Coreopsis leavenworthii (Leavenworth's Tickseed) is an annual or short lived perennail plant species in the sunflower family. It is often grouped within Coreopsis tinctoria which it resembles.[2]

Coreopsis leavenworthii typically grows 30 to 70 cm (12-28 inches) tall with yellow flower heads that sometimes have reddish-brown blotches at the base of the ray florets. The foliage is 1 or 1.5 pinnately to bipinnately compound with entire edges,[3] and elliptic to oblanceolate to linear.[2]

Coreopsis leavenworthii is native to the states of Florida and Alabama[4] and bloom year round, with heaviest blooming during the months of May, June and July. It is found growing in ditches and flatwoods on moist sandy soils.[2]

Coreopsis leavenworthiiis cultivated in gardens for its attractive flowers.

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray
  2. 1 2 3 Flora of North America, Coreopsis leavenworthii
  3. ↑ University of Florida Extension Service, Coreopsis leavenworthii
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

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