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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis latifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis latifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Coreopsis latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-012:
Coreopsis latifolia FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis latifolia
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Coreopsis, Broadleaf Tickseed
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JK Marlow jkm070526_061
May Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_coreopsis_latifolia_1
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_coreopsis_latifolia_2
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_coreopsis_latifolia_3
June
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JK Marlow jkm160726_016
July Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Leaves coarsely serrate, 1.5-4.5" wide, lance-ovate to lance-elliptic, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4484
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4503
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
Leaf apex acuminate, margins coarsely serrate, base cuneate to attenuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4515
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm160818_586
August Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0407
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Outer involucral bracts linear, 4-6mm long: inner lanceolate, 7-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0408
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0414
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Rays yellow, 1-2cm long, not (or inconspicuously) toothed; disc flowers yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm190801_0416
August Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow s070927_cd
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Sam Pratt sbp_3466
September Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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Sam Pratt sbp_3469
September Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis latifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis latifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-012:
Coreopsis latifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis latifolia
370
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In rich, moist, cove forests and slopes at medium elevations, primarily from 500 m in the Blue Ridge Escarpment to nearly 1500 m, often locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (though often locally abundant)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 0.5-3cm long
Margins coarsely serrate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers neuter
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p153
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p147
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p103
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p195
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