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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis lanceolata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Coreopsis lanceolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-005:

Coreopsis lanceolata   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Coreopsis crassifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Coreopsis lanceolata

 

COMMON NAME:
Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Longstalk Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cola5_001_lvd

        

image of Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Longstalk Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm180604_2712

June    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Blades simple or with 1–2+ lateral lobes, per Flora of North America.

image of Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Longstalk Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm180604_2713

June    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Plant glabrous except the ciliate bases of the leaves, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).

image of Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Longstalk Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm180604_2714

June    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Similar to C. auriculata, but larger flowers and longer narrower leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Longstalk Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm180604_2715

June    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Outer involucral bracts green, lanceolate; inner elliptic to lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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

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JK Marlow    jkm180608_2803

June    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Stem leafy near the base, bearing long naked peduncle-like branches, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).

image of Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Longstalk Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm070703_005

July    Summers County    WV

Sandstone Visitors Center

image of Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Longstalk Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm070703_041

July    Summers County    WV

Sandstone Visitors Center

A smooth plant, widely cultivated. Leaves to 8" long arising near plant base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis lanceolata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-005:
Coreopsis lanceolata   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis crassifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis lanceolata

 

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369

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Open sandy prairies; eastwards in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia, original native distribution unclear

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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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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