Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Swamp Coreopsis is immediately recognizable by its pink-rayed flowers and juncoid leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Coreopsis nudata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis nudata
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Coreopsis
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Apalachicola National Forest
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April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
1-10 flower heads per plant, each with 8 pink ray flowers surrounding the central yellow disk, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016).
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April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Stems up to 4' tall, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis nudata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis nudata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis nudata
375
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Seasonally flooded pineland depressions, either herbaceous-dominated or under a canopy of Taxodium ascendens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia (& found in close proximity to SC)
Common in GA Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Rays: Pink
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 8 ray flowers
Disk flowers have 4 corolla lobes & 4 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Spring
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p157
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p125
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p071
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