Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anacis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Larkspur-leaf Tickseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009b?:
Coreopsis major var. stellata FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis delphinifolia
COMMON NAME:
Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_codec2_001_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel3
May Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Stem leaves divided into very narrow segments that are mostly less than 1/4" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_delphiniifolia_3
June
Some think this originated as a hybrid of verticillata, tripteris or major, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel2
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Plants appear to be a narrow-leaved form of Coreopsis major, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel5
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel4
August Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel6
November Monroe County MI
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anacis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009b?:
Coreopsis major var. stellata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis delphinifolia
3157
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Opposite appearing whorled
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow/Red
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p171
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p300
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p070
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