Coreopsis leavenworthii

Coreopsis leavenworthii, or Leavenworth's tickseed, is an annual or short lived perennial plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is often grouped within Coreopsis tinctoria which it resembles.[2]

Leavenworth's tickseed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Coreopsis
Species:
C. leavenworthii
Binomial name
Coreopsis leavenworthii
Synonyms[1]
  • Coreopsis angustata Greene
  • Coreopsis lewtonii Small

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 blooms 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 leavenworthii is cultivated in gardens for its attractive flowers.

References
  1. The Plant List, Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray
  2. 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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