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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Coreopsis major var. rigida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis major
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009b:
Coreopsis major var. stellata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Coreopsis major var. stellata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Coreopsis major var. rigida
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis major
COMMON NAME:
Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed
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JK Marlow jkm200409_3650
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200422_4029
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6586
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120525_496
May Oconee County SC
Rays yellow and not (or inconspicuously) toothed; disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120525_499
May Oconee County SC
Outer involucral bracts oblong or oblanceolate, 2-10mm; inner lanceolate 5-8mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
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JK Marlow jkm0406g_12
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0406l_15
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm160629_123
June McCormick County SC
The leaves of this depauperate individual are not 3-parted.
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6033
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1637
June Oconee County SC
Two varieties side by side: var. major in lower left; var. rigida upper right.
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JK Marlow jkm210626_1731
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow s040610_ab
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
The opposite paired leaves are so deeply cut they resemble 6 whorled leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
COMPARE
leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife
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JK Marlow jkm090726_139
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm120704_475
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120704_479
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150712_421
July Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Middle leaflet of median leaves 5-10(12)mm wide [narrower than var. major], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8925
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
The upper leaves of this individual are not three-parted.
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JK Marlow jkm220715_9144
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_coreopsis_major_2184
July Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Tim Spira tps_cmajor2
July
The recognition of [C. major] varieties is problematic and controversial, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120812_427b
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Outer phyllaries slightly short-pubescent to glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm061029_020
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Stems and leaves glabrous, or essentially so, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm181104_5613
November Oconee County SC
A depauperate individual with leaves not three-parted...
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Coreopsis major var. rigida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis major
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009b:
Coreopsis major var. stellata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Coreopsis major var. stellata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Coreopsis major var. rigida
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis major
374
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in dry woodlands and forests, 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.
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3(5) leaflets
Opposite appearing whorled
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow/Red
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p137?
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p044?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p118?
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p096
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p211?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p394
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p308
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p169?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p125?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p274?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p287?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p336?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p355
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p194?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p057