Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis falcata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pool Coreopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis falcata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coreopsis falcata
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Coreopsis gladiata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coreopsis falcata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Coreopsis falcata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-001:
Coreopsis falcata FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis falcata
COMMON NAME:
Pool Coreopsis, Carolina Tickseed, Sickle Tickseed
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Arleigh Birchler rlb_cfalcata
May Pender County NC
Distinctive from C. gladiata in ecological preferences, morphology, phenology, and distribution, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Arleigh Birchler rlb_cfalcata_b
May Pender County NC
C. gladiata & C. linifolia share its range & habitats but bloom in the fall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Arleigh Birchler rlb_cfalcata1
May Pender County NC
Basal/lower leaves present at anthesis; mid-cauline leaves narrow or slender, per Weakley's Flora.
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Arleigh Birchler rlb_cfalcata1_b
May Pender County NC
Lower leaves sometimes with a pair of narrow lobes at the base of the blade, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis falcata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis falcata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coreopsis falcata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Coreopsis gladiata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coreopsis falcata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Coreopsis falcata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-69-001:
Coreopsis falcata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coreopsis falcata
2990
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Peat bogs, very wet savannas, ditches and borrow pits in savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, often also basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Reddish
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate
Disk flowers have 4 corolla lobes & 4 anthers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p314
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p185