Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis grandiflora var. harveyana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis grandiflora var. harveyana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Coreopsis grandiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-006?:
Coreopsis grandiflora FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis grandiflora
COMMON NAME:
Large-flowered Coreopsis, Largeflower Tickseed
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_grandiflora_harveya
June
The yellow ray flowers are conspicuously notched, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis grandiflora var. harveyana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis grandiflora var. harveyana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis grandiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-006?:
Coreopsis grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis grandiflora
1884
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy woodlands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Midstem leaves pinnately divided: 5-11 leaflets, each > 10x long as wide
Basal & opposite
Petioles to 15cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p58?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p125?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p194?
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