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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Coreopsis grandiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-006:
Coreopsis grandiflora FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis grandiflora
COMMON NAME:
Large-flowered Coreopsis, Largeflower Tickseed
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JK Marlow jkm140426_658
April Pickens County SC
Midstem and upper cauline leaves with more than 5 divisions, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Gill Newberry gn05_cgrandiflora
May
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JK Marlow jkm060730_006
July Pickens County SC
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Ron Lance rwl_20220719_112950
July Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Betsy George bmg_6555
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
The yellow ray flowers are conspicuously notched, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
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Betsy George bmg_6557
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Pollinator at work: a hummingbird moth (bee hawk-moth) of the genus Hemaris.
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JK Marlow jkm090816_016
August Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090816_022
August Pickens County SC
Outer involucral bracts green, lanceolate; inner eliptic to lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
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JK Marlow jkm090816_028
August Pickens County SC
Larger divisions of midstem & upper stem leaves 2-6(10)mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090816_029
August Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm121027_793
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves mostly pinnately dissected, divisions linear to narrowly elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm121027_795
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_797
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_800
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_804
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221010_0324
October Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis grandiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-006:
Coreopsis grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis grandiflora
2710
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In thin soils of rock outcrops, especially granitic flatrocks and granite domes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Midstem leaves pinnately divided: 5-11 leaflets, each > 10x long as wide
Basal & opposite
Petioles to 15cm long
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p58?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p307
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p125?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p070
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p194?
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