Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anacis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Threadleaf Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coreopsis verticillata
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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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).
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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).
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July Summers County WV
Sandstone Visitors Center
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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).
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October Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
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JK Marlow jkm071028_117
October Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anacis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coreopsis verticillata
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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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 parts of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain (introduced waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p157
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p119
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p268
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p300
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p394
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p311
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p125
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p208
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p194
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p133
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