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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
Coreopsis major var. rigida   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



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

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm200422_4029

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

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.

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

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.

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

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 (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm090726_139

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm120704_475

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

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).

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8925

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

The upper leaves of this individual are not three-parted.

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

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.

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm120812_427b

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Outer phyllaries slightly short-pubescent to glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0139

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

A depauperate individual with most leaves small and not three-parted...

image of Coreopsis major var. rigida, Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

JK Marlow    jkm181104_5613

November    Oconee County    SC

Another whose leaves are not three-parted...

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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

 

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374

Forb
Perennial

Look for it in dry woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3(5) leaflets
Opposite appearing whorled
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow/Red
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Achene

 

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