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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis latifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Coreopsis latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-012:

Coreopsis latifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Coreopsis latifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Coreopsis, Broadleaf Tickseed


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JK Marlow    jkm070526_061

May    Polk County    NC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_coreopsis_latifolia_1

June        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_coreopsis_latifolia_2

June        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_coreopsis_latifolia_3

June        

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JK Marlow    jkm160726_016

July    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

Leaves coarsely serrate, 1.5-4.5" wide, lance-ovate to lance-elliptic, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

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JK Marlow    jkm230717_4484

July    Greenville County    SC

Landrum Watershed

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JK Marlow    jkm230717_4503

July    Greenville County    SC

Landrum Watershed

Leaf apex acuminate, margins coarsely serrate, base cuneate to attenuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm230717_4515

July    Greenville County    SC

Landrum Watershed

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JK Marlow    jkm160818_586

August    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

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JK Marlow    jkm190801_0407

August    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Outer involucral bracts linear, 4-6mm long: inner lanceolate, 7-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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JK Marlow    jkm190801_0408

August    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm190801_0414

August    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Rays yellow, 1-2cm long, not (or inconspicuously) toothed; disc flowers yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm190801_0416

August    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    s070927_cd

September    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

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Sam Pratt    sbp_3466

September    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

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Sam Pratt    sbp_3469

September    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis latifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-012:
Coreopsis latifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

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370

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: In rich, moist, cove forests and slopes at medium elevations, primarily from 500 m in the Blue Ridge Escarpment to nearly 1500 m, often locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare (though often locally abundant)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 0.5-3cm long
Margins coarsely serrate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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