OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis verticillata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Coreopsis verticillata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-010:

Coreopsis verticillata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Coreopsis verticillata

 

COMMON NAME:
Threadleaf Coreopsis, Cutleaf Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cove5_001_lvd

        

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_10216398182123194

June        

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

image of Coreopsis verticillata, Threadleaf Coreopsis, Cutleaf Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm0407f_05

July    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Lvs ternately dissected (often pinnately redivided) into threadlike segments, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Coreopsis verticillata, Threadleaf Coreopsis, Cutleaf Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm070703_042

July    Summers County    WV

Sandstone Visitors Center

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JK Marlow    jkm070703_046

July    Summers County    WV

Sandstone Visitors Center

Leaves palmately divided into linear segments imparting a soft lacy texture, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Coreopsis verticillata, Threadleaf Coreopsis, Cutleaf Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm0310c_14

October    Greenville County    SC

SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale

image of Coreopsis verticillata, Threadleaf Coreopsis, Cutleaf Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm071028_117

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis verticillata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-010:
Coreopsis verticillata   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

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381

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry sandy, rocky, or clayey woodlands and woodland borders; also a waif or persistent from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains, where introduced) (rare in GA)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound
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
Black
Achene

 

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