Coreopsis leavenworthii

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]

Leavenworth's tickseed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Coreopsis
Species:	C. leavenworthii
Binomial name
Coreopsis leavenworthii Torrey & A. Gray
Synonyms[1]
Coreopsis angustata Greene Coreopsis curtisii Sherff Coreopsis leavenworthii var. curtissii Sherff Coreopsis leavenworthii var. garberi A.Gray Coreopsis leavenworthii var. lewtonii (Small) Sherff Coreopsis leavenworthii var. typica Sherff. not validly publ. Coreopsis lewtonii Small

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]