Coreopsis rosea

Coreopsis rosea, known as the pink tickseed, is a North American species of Coreopsis in the family Asteraceae. It has a discontinuous distribution in the eastern United States and Canada, found in Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, and South Carolina.^[2]

Coreopsis rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Coreopsis
Species:	C. rosea
Binomial name
Coreopsis rosea Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
Calliopsis rosea (Nutt.) Spreng.

Coreopsis rosea grows in wet areas such as marsh edges.^[3] Unlike most Coreopsis species, the ray florets are pink or white (instead of yellow).^[3] The only other Coreopsis species with pink rays is C. nudata; C. rosea does not seem to be closely related to Coreopsis species which merely have red dots at the base of the rays.^[4] Disc florets of Coreopsis rosea are bright or pale yellow.^[3]