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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anacis major   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis major   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Coreopsis major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Coreopsis major

INCLUDING Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Coreopsis major var. rigida

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009:

Coreopsis major var. major   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Coreopsis major var. stellata

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

Coreopsis major

 

COMMON NAME:
Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis


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image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coma6_001_lvd

        

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm200422_4029

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Coreopsis major var. rigida

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm220409_6586

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Coreopsis major var. rigida?

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm120506_671b

May    Oconee County    SC

The recognition of [C. major] varieties is problematic and controversial, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm120525_295

May    Oconee County    SC

Coreopsis major var. major

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm120525_496

May    Oconee County    SC

Rays yellow and not (or inconspicuously) toothed; disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm120525_499

May    Oconee County    SC

Coreopsis major var. rigida: Outer phyllaries slightly short-pubescent to glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm170527_047

May    Abbeville County    SC

Coreopsis major var. major: Outer phyllaries rather densely short-pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm170527_051

May    Abbeville County    SC

Coreopsis major var. major

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm0506h_15

June    Oconee County    SC

Var. major is less common than var. stellata [rigida] and has pubescent stems & leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm140614_928

June    Oconee County    SC

The opposite paired leaves are so deeply cut they resemble 6 whorled leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm140614_987

June    Oconee County    SC

Coreopsis major var. major

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm140614_990b

June    Oconee County    SC

Rays yellow and not (or inconspicuously) toothed; disc flowers yellow or red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm140614_993

June    Oconee County    SC

Coreopsis major var. major: Outer phyllaries rather densely short-pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2015).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1637

June    Oconee County    SC

Two varieties side by side: var. major in lower left; var. rigida upper right.

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    s040610_ab

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

The opposite paired leaves are so deeply cut they resemble 6 whorled leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm250723_1824

July    Greenville County    SC

Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve

Coreopsis major var. rigida

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm250723_1825

July    Greenville County    SC

Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve

Coreopsis major var. rigida

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm120812_427b

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Coreopsis major var. rigida: Outer phyllaries slightly short-pubescent to glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Anacis major, Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

JK Marlow    jkm061029_020

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Coreopsis major var. rigida: Stems and leaves glabrous, or essentially so, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anacis major   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis major   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coreopsis major

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis major

INCLUDING Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Coreopsis major var. rigida

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

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Coreopsis major var. stellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis major

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

5025

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands, dry and dry-mesic forests, longleaf pine sandhills, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3(5) leaflets
Opposite appearing whorled
Leaves sessile

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Achene

 

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