Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Coreopsis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Threadleaf Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Coreopsis verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-010:
Coreopsis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis verticillata
COMMON NAME:
Threadleaf Coreopsis, Cutleaf Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cove5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0407f_05
July Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Lvs ternately dissected (often pinnately redivided) into threadlike segments, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm070703_042
July Summers County WV
Sandstone Visitors Center
Leaves palmately divided into linear segments imparting a soft lacy texture, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm070703_046
July Summers County WV
Sandstone Visitors Center
Rays yellow and not (or inconspicuously) toothed; disc flowers yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0310c_14
October Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
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JK Marlow jkm071028_117
October Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Coreopsis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Coreopsis verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-010:
Coreopsis verticillata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis verticillata
381
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains, where introduced) (rare in GA)
Habitat: Dry sandy, rocky, or clayey woodlands and woodland borders; also a waif or persistent from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p157
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p119
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p394
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p311
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p125
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p208
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p194
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p133