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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis delphiniifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis delphiniifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009b?:

Coreopsis major var. stellata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Coreopsis delphinifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_codec2_001_lvd

        

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Jeff Ausmus    jma_cordel3

May    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Stem leaves divided into very narrow segments that are mostly less than 1/4" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_delphiniifolia_3

June        

Some think this originated as a hybrid of verticillata, tripteris or major, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Coreopsis delphiniifolia, Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cordel

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Coreopsis delphiniifolia, Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cordel2

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Plants appear to be a narrow-leaved form of Coreopsis major, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Coreopsis delphiniifolia, Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cordel5

July    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Coreopsis delphiniifolia, Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cordel4

August    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

image of Coreopsis delphiniifolia, Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis

Jeff Ausmus    jma_cordel6

November    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis delphiniifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis delphiniifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009b?:
Coreopsis major var. stellata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis delphinifolia

 

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3157

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Opposite appearing whorled

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow/Red
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Achene

 

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