Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Larkspur-leaf Tickseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009b?:
Coreopsis major var. stellata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis delphinifolia
COMMON NAME:
Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_codec2_001_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel3
May Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Stem leaves divided into very narrow segments that are mostly less than 1/4" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_delphiniifolia_3
June
Some think this originated as a hybrid of verticillata, tripteris or major, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel2
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Plants appear to be a narrow-leaved form of Coreopsis major, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel5
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel4
August Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_cordel6
November Monroe County MI
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009b?:
Coreopsis major var. stellata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis delphinifolia
3157
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA, rare elsewhere (an endemic)
Look for it in dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Opposite appearing whorled
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow/Red
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Achene
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