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
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
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Coreopsis major var. major FAMILY Asteraceae
Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm120506_671b
May Oconee County SC
The recognition of [C. major] varieties is problematic and controversial, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm170527_042
May Abbeville County SC
Middle leaflet of median leaves 10-30mm wide [wider than var. rigida], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm170527_047
May Abbeville County SC
Outer phyllaries rather densely short-pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm0506h_15
June Oconee County SC
Less common than var. stellata [rigida], and with pubescent stems & leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
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.
COMPARE
leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife
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.
JK Marlow jkm140614_993
June Oconee County SC
Outer involucral bracts oblong or oblanceolate, 2-10mm; inner lanceolate 5-8mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis