Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Coreopsis major var. major
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis major
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-009a:
Coreopsis major var. major
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Coreopsis major
COMMON NAME:
Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis
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Look for it in woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Rare
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3(5) leaflets
Opposite appearing whorled
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow/Red
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p137?
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p044?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p118?
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p096
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p211?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p394?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p169?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p125?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition P274?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p287?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p336?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p355?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p194?
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