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Coreopsis leavenworthii

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Leavenworth's Tickseed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Coreopsis
Species:
C. leavenworthii
Binomial name
Coreopsis leavenworthii
Synonyms[1]
  • Coreopsis angustata Greene
  • Coreopsis lewtonii Small

Coreopsis leavenworthii (Leavenworth's Tickseed) is an annual or short lived perennial plant species in the sunflower family. It is often grouped within Coreopsis tinctoria which it resembles.[2]

Coreopsis leavenworthii typically grows 30 to 70 cm (12-28 inches) tall with yellow flower heads that sometimes have reddish-brown blotches at the base of the ray florets. The foliage is 1 or 1.5 pinnately to bipinnately compound with entire edges,[3] and elliptic to oblanceolate to linear.[2]

Coreopsis leavenworthii is native to the states of Florida and Alabama[4] and bloom year round, with heaviest blooming during the months of May, June and July. It is found growing in ditches and flatwoods on moist sandy soils.[2]

Coreopsis leavenworthiiis cultivated in gardens for its attractive flowers.

References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray
  2. ^ a b c Flora of North America, Coreopsis leavenworthii
  3. ^ University of Florida Extension Service, Coreopsis leavenworthii
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

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