Kingdom Plantae Genus Coreopsis Higher classification Tickseed | Order Asterales Scientific name Coreopsis leavenworthii Rank Species | |
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Similar Tickseed, Daisy family, Coreopsis gladiata, Coreopsis basalis, Coreopsis calliopsidea | ||
Coreopsis leavenworthii (Leavenworth's Tickseed) is an annual or short lived perennail plant species in the sunflower family. It is often grouped within Coreopsis tinctoria which it resembles.
Coreopsis leavenworthii typically grows 30 to 70 cm (12-28 inches) 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, and elliptic to oblanceolate to linear.
Coreopsis leavenworthii is native to the states of Florida and Alabama and bloom year round, with heaviest blooming during the months of May, June and July. It is found growing in ditches and flatwoods on moist sandy soils.
Coreopsis leavenworthiiis cultivated in gardens for its attractive flowers.
