Coreopsis tinctoria |
Coreopsis stillmanii |
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atkinson's coreopsis, calliopsis, Columbia coreopsis, coreopsis, golden tick-seed, plains coreopsis |
Stillman's tickseed |
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Habit | Annuals, (10–)30–70(–150+) cm. | Annuals, 5–20+ cm. |
Leaves | proximal blades usually 1(–3)-pinnate, terminal lobes lance-ovate to oblanceolate, 10–60 × 5–25 mm; cauline blades usually 1–2(–3)-pinnate, rarely simple, simple blades or terminal lobes lance-linear to linear or filiform, 10–45 × 0.5–2(–5+) mm. |
blades simple or 1(–2)-pinnately lobed, terminal lobes spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 1–3 mm wide. |
Peduncles | 1–5(–15+) cm. |
5–12(–20+) cm. |
Ray florets | 5–8; laminae 8–12(–15+) mm. |
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Ray laminae | usually yellow with red-brown blotch, sometimes red-brown in proximal 1/3–9/10 and distally yellow, rarely yellow throughout, 12–18+ mm. |
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Disc florets/ |
2.5–3+ mm. |
12–30+; corollas 2.5–3.5 mm. |
Phyllaries | ± lance-oblong to lance-ovate, 4–7(–9) mm. |
(5–)8, ovate to lance-ovate, 4–5(–7) mm. |
Calyculi | of deltate-lanceolate bractlets 1–3+ mm. |
of 5–7+ oblong to linear bractlets 4–8(–10) mm, ciliolate near bases. |
Cypselae | 1.5–3(–4+) mm, wings 0 or 0.1–0.7+ mm wide; pappi 0, or of 1–2 cusps or subulate scales 0.1–1+ mm. |
± obovate, 4–5 mm, not marked adaxially with red, wings corky-thickened, faces smooth or ± tuberculate, not hirtellous. |
2n | = 24 (+ 0–2 Bs). |
= 24. |
Coreopsis tinctoria |
Coreopsis stillmanii |
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Phenology | Flowering year round, mostly Jun–Aug. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Moist, sandy or clay soils, sometimes alkaline flats, prairies, ditches, disturbed places | Rocky slopes, serpentine ridges |
Elevation | (0–)20–1500(–2000) m ((0–)100–4900(–6600) ft) | 400–800 m (1300–2600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; ON; QC; SK; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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CA |
Discussion | Coreopsis tinctoria is widely grown in public and residential gardens, and commercially (for cut flowers), and has become widely established in the flora area. As here circumscribed, Coreopsis tinctoria includes plants that others (without agreement among themselves) have treated as distinct species or infraspecific taxa: C. atkinsoniana (plants mostly 50–150+ cm, seldom branched from bases; cypselae 2.5–3 mm, “narrowly” winged; pappi 0.1–0.2 mm; mostly Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington), C. cardaminefolia (plants mostly 20–50 cm, seldom branched at bases; cypselae 2 mm, “narrowly to widely” winged; pappi 0 or 0.1–0.2 mm; mostly Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas), and C. tinctoria var. similis (plants mostly 10–30 cm, usually branched from bases; cypselae 2–3 mm, “widely” winged; pappi 0.2–1 mm; Texas and Mexico). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 197. | FNA vol. 21, p. 189. |
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Synonyms | C. atkinsoniana, C. cardaminefolia, C. tinctoria var. atkinsoniana, C. tinctoria var. similis | Leptosyne stillmanii |
Name authority | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2: 114. (1821) | (A. Gray) S. F. Blake: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 49: 342. (1913) |
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