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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Coreopsis pubescens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-007:

Coreopsis pubescens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Coreopsis pubescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed


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image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_copu2_001_lvd

        

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_pubescens_5_25_06_2

May        

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm230609_3964

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm230609_4045

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm230609_4048

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm140704_577

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Here the outer phyllaries are spreading, the inner just beginning to open.


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

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm140704_580

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm140704_584

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm190719_0034

July    Transylvania County    NC

Roadside

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm190719_0035

July    Transylvania County    NC

Roadside

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm190719_0038

July    Transylvania County    NC

Roadside

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm150814_743

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm150814_743b

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm150814_782

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm150814_782b

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3956

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Lvs may have 1 or 2 basal divisions, shaped like the main leaf but smaller, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3957

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Calyculi [outer involucral bracts] of lanceolate to lance-linear bractlets, per Flora of North America.

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_4045

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Leaves ternately or rarely pinnately dissected, blades or divisions elliptic, lanceolate or ovate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_091521gsmnp07b

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Stem (and often also the leaves) rather densely hairy (to glabrate), per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-007:
Coreopsis pubescens   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis pubescens

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, woodlands, and rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Tending to be evergreen?
Simple
Basal & opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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