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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis auriculata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Coreopsis auriculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-008:

Coreopsis auriculata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Coreopsis auriculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coau_001_lvd

        

image of Coreopsis auriculata, Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm110417_013

April    Cleburne County    AL

Mount Cheaha

Ray flowers 8, yellow, to 1" long, with deeply 4-lobed tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Coreopsis auriculata, Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm110417_016

April    Cleburne County    AL

Mount Cheaha

image of Coreopsis auriculata, Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0174

May    Oconee County    SC

Ramsey Creek Preserve

image of Coreopsis auriculata, Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0178

May    Oconee County    SC

Ramsey Creek Preserve

Lvs mostly basal, petioled, ovate to nearly round, oft earlike lobes at base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Coreopsis auriculata, Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0179

May    Oconee County    SC

Ramsey Creek Preserve

Outer bracts lanceolate, 6-10 mm long; inner lanceolate to elliptic, 7-13mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Coreopsis auriculata, Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm210508_0198

May    Oconee County    SC

Ramsey Creek Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis auriculata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis auriculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-008:
Coreopsis auriculata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

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368

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist slopes and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene

 

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