Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis delphiniifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Larkspur-leaf Tickseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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).
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).
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.
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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