Leavenworth's tickseed
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Coreopsis
Species:
C. leavenworthii
Binomial name
Coreopsis leavenworthii
Synonyms[1]
  • Coreopsis angustata Greene
  • Coreopsis curtisii Sherff
  • Coreopsis leavenworthii var. curtissii Sherff
  • Coreopsis leavenworthii var. garberi A.Gray
  • Coreopsis leavenworthii var. lewtonii (Small) Sherff
  • Coreopsis leavenworthii var. typica Sherff. not validly publ.
  • Coreopsis lewtonii Small

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]

Description

Coreopsis 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

It 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

  1. ↑ "Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. ↑ flawildflowers (2014-01-09). "Leavenworth's tickseed". Florida Wildflower Foundation. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Coreopsis leavenworthii - FNA". floranorthamerica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  4. ↑ "FPS142/FP142: Coreopsis leavenworthii Leavenworth's Tickseed". edis.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  5. ↑ "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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