Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-006:
Coreopsis grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Large-flowered Coreopsis, Largeflower Tickseed
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JK Marlow jkm140426_658
April Pickens County SC
Midstem and upper cauline leaves with more than 5 divisions, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4236
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Gill Newberry gn05_cgrandiflora
May
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JK Marlow jkm060730_006
July Pickens County SC
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Betsy George bmg_6555
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
The yellow ray flowers are conspicuously notched, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops.
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Betsy George bmg_6557
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Pollinator at work: a hummingbird moth (bee hawk-moth) of the genus Hemaris.
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JK Marlow jkm090816_016
August Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090816_022
August Pickens County SC
Outer involucral bracts green, lanceolate; inner eliptic to lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
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JK Marlow jkm090816_028
August Pickens County SC
Larger divisions of midstem & upper stem leaves 2-6(10)mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090816_029
August Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm121027_793
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves mostly pinnately dissected, divisions linear to narrowly elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm121027_795
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_797
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_800
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_804
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-006:
Coreopsis grandiflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
2710
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Look for it in thin soils of rock outcrops, esp granitic flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Midstem leaves pinnately divided: 5-11 leaflets, each > 10x long as wide
Basal & opposite
Petioles to 15cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Disk flowers have 5 corolla lobes & 5 anthers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p58?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p307
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p125?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p194?