Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The only other pink-rayed species in our flora is C. nudata, which ranges in the Coastal Plain from GA west to e. LA and has terete "juncoid" leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Coreopsis rosea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis rosea
COMMON NAME:
Rose Coreopsis, Pink Tickseed
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Janet Harrison High Pond Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis rosea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis rosea
377
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Upland depression ponds in the Inner Coastal Plain, drawdown zones on banks of blackwater rivers in the Outer Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia (should be sought in NC)
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Major stem leaves opposite
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pink/White
Disc: Yellow
Disk flowers have 4 corolla lobes & 4 anthers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p293
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p412
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p386
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p389
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p116
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p071
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