Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis auriculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Lobed Tickseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis auriculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Coreopsis auriculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-008:
Coreopsis auriculata FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis auriculata
COMMON NAME:
Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coau_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110417_013
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Ray flowers 8, yellow, to 1" long, with deeply 4-lobed tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm110417_016
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
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JK Marlow jkm210508_0174
May Oconee County SC
Ramsey Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210508_0178
May Oconee County SC
Ramsey Creek Preserve
Lvs mostly basal, petioled, ovate to nearly round, oft earlike lobes at base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm210508_0179
May Oconee County SC
Ramsey Creek Preserve
Outer bracts lanceolate, 6-10 mm long; inner lanceolate to elliptic, 7-13mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
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JK Marlow jkm210508_0198
May Oconee County SC
Ramsey Creek Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis auriculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis auriculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis auriculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-008:
Coreopsis auriculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis auriculata
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist slopes and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & opposite
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
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p135
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p150
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p118
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p125
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p200
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p287
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p336
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p195
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