Coreopsis leavenworthii
Leavenworth's tickseed | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Coreopsis |
Species: | C. leavenworthii
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Binomial name | |
Coreopsis leavenworthii | |
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Coreopsis leavenworthii, or Leavenworth's tickseed, is an annual or short lived perennial 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 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.
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- Coreopsis
- Flora of the Southeastern United States
- Plants described in 1842
- Heliantheae stubs