...Variable
...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Coreopsis major var. rigida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis major
FAMILY
Asteraceae
GREATER THAN & LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-69-009b:
Coreopsis major var. stellata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed
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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 jkm0406g_17
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 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.
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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.
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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.