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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis gladiata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Swamp Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis gladiata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Coreopsis gladiata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-004:
Coreopsis gladiata FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis gladiata
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed
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JK Marlow jkm160415_171
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm220525_8061
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120623_219
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaf texture thick and leathery; leaves without auricles, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120623_222
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120812_493
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130824_688
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Lvs rapidly reduced upward such that mid-cauline leaves are narrow or slender, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm130824_690
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130824_693
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130915_348
September Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Distinctive from C. falcata in [ecology,] morphology, phenology & distribution, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm130915_350
September Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Basal/lower leaves present at anthesis, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm130915_353
September Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Rays conspicuously toothed, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).
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JK Marlow jkm130915_355
September Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Disjuncts scattered inland in montane (& sometimes uppermost piedmontane), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm130915_363
September Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Outer phyllaries lanceolate, 0.4-0.8X as long as the inner phyllaries, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
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JK Marlow jkm130915_375
September Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Wet savannas, seepage slopes, pitcher-plant bogs, streamhd or pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_756
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_758
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_767
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis gladiata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis gladiata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Coreopsis gladiata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-004:
Coreopsis gladiata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis gladiata
2678
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, sandhill seepage bogs, pitcher plant bogs, cataract bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC Mountains, but not recently seen)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Reddish
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Disk flowers have 4 corolla lobes & 4 anthers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p059
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p190
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p070