Coreopsis leavenworthii, the Leavenworth's tickseed,[2] is an annual or short lived perennial plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is often grouped within Coreopsis tinctoria which it resembles.[3]
| Leavenworth's tickseed | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Coreopsis |
| Species: | C. leavenworthii
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| Coreopsis leavenworthii | |
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Description
editCoreopsis leavenworthii typically grows 30 to 70 cm (12 to 28 in) 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,[4] and elliptic to oblanceolate to linear.[3]
It blooms year round, mostly in the months of May, June and July.[3]
Distribution and habitat
editIt is found in the states of Florida and Alabama, and grows in moist, sandy soils, flatwoods or ditches at elevations of 0 to 20 meters from sea level.[3][5]
References
edit- ^ "Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ flawildflowers (2014-01-09). "Leavenworth's tickseed". Florida Wildflower Foundation. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ a b c d "Coreopsis leavenworthii - FNA". floranorthamerica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "FPS142/FP142: Coreopsis leavenworthii Leavenworth's Tickseed". edis.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Coreopsis leavenworthii.png (1052x642)". The Biota of North America Program. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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