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Forb
Perennial

Native to South Carolina & Georgia (should be sought in NC)

Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Rare

Look for it in upland depression ponds in the Inner Coastal Plain, drawdown zones on banks of blackwater rivers in the Outer Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Major stem leaves opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pink/White
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p157
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p293
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p386
• Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p116

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Coreopsis rosea   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis rosea   FAMILY Asteraceae