Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Tall Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Coreopsis tripteris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis tripteris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-011:
Coreopsis tripteris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Tall Coreopsis, Tall Tickseed, Threeleaf Tickseed
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JK Marlow jkm080729_027
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
It grows up to 8' tall, likes wet to moist soil, and can take some shade, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm080729_033b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The inner involucral bracts not yet open, flower heads sealed up like pillboxes.
JK Marlow s080729_a
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Principal leaves are palmately divided into 3 segments and most are petioled, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120815_821
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Outer involucral bracts linear, 3-6mm long: inner lanceolate, 4-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_coreopsis_tripteris
September
The rays are wholly yellow and without teeth at the apex; the disk purplish, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.