Biology:Coreopsis leavenworthii
| Leavenworth's tickseed | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Coreopsis |
| Species: | C. leavenworthii
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| Binomial name | |
| Coreopsis leavenworthii Torrey & A. Gray
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Coreopsis leavenworthii, the Leavenworth's tickseed,[2] is an annual or short lived perennial plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is often grouped within Coreopsis tinctoria which it resembles.[3]
Description
Coreopsis leavenworthii typically grows 30 to 70 cm (12 to 28 in) tall with yellow flower heads that sometimes have reddish-brown blotches at the base of the ray florets. The foliage is 1 or 1.5 pinnately to bipinnately compound with entire edges,[4] and elliptic to oblanceolate to linear.[3]
It blooms year round, mostly in the months of May, June and July.[3]
Distribution and habitat
It is found in the states of Florida and Alabama, and grows in moist, sandy soils, flatwoods or ditches at elevations of 0 to 20 meters from sea level.[3][5]
References
- ↑ "Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:198072-1.
- ↑ flawildflowers (2014-01-09). "Leavenworth's tickseed" (in en-US). https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-coreopsis-leavenworthiii/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Coreopsis leavenworthii - FNA". http://floranorthamerica.org/Coreopsis_leavenworthii.
- ↑ "FPS142/FP142: Coreopsis leavenworthii Leavenworth's Tickseed" (in en). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FP142.
- ↑ "Coreopsis leavenworthii.png (1052x642)". 2 November 2014. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Coreopsis%20leavenworthii.png.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5170284 entry
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