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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis gladiata   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis gladiata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Coreopsis gladiata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Coreopsis gladiata

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Coreopsis gladiata

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Coreopsis linifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Coreopsis gladiata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-004:

Coreopsis gladiata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Coreopsis gladiata

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed


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JK Marlow    jkm160415_171

April    Turner County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm220525_8061

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm120623_219

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Leaf texture thick and leathery; leaves without basal lobes, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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JK Marlow    jkm120623_222

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm120812_493

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm130824_688

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Lvs rapidly reduced upward such that mid-cauline leaves are narrow or slender, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm130824_690

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm130824_693

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm130915_348

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Distinctive from C. falcata in [ecology,] morphology, phenology & distribution, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm130915_350

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Basal/lower leaves present at anthesis, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm130915_353

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Rays conspicuously toothed, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm130915_355

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Disjuncts scattered inland in montane (& sometimes uppermost piedmontane), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm130915_363

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Outer phyllaries lanceolate, 0.4-0.8X as long as the inner phyllaries, per Weakley's Flora (2023).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm130915_375

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Wet savannas, seepage slopes, pitcher-plant bogs, streamhd or pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm161001_756

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm161001_758

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm161001_767

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Coreopsis gladiata, Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6298

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Can anyone tell me if the reddish stripes on the phyllaries are a consistent or useful character???

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis gladiata   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis gladiata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coreopsis gladiata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis gladiata

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coreopsis gladiata

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Coreopsis linifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Coreopsis gladiata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-004:
Coreopsis gladiata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis gladiata

 

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2678

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, sandhill seepage bogs, pitcher plant bogs, cataract bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare (historically in NC Mountains, but not recently seen)

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Reddish
Disk flowers have 4 corolla lobes & 4 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

 

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