Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Coreopsis pulchra
COMMON NAME:
Lookout Mountain Coreopsis
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_coreopsis_pulchra_13
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_coreopsis_pulchra_3
September
Disc floret corollas yellow or purple, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis pulchra
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis pulchra
3628
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Sandstone outcrops and adjacent woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to northeast Alabama
Rare in AL (apparently not in GA as previously reported)
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Purple, brownish or yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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