Coreopsis grandiflora Hogg ex Sweet var. grandiflora . Common name: Large-flowered Coreopsis. Phenology: Late May-late Jun. Habitat: In thin soils of rock outcrops, especially granitic flatrocks and granite domes. Distribution: Var. grandiflora ranges from c. GA and w. SC west to e. TX and e. OK, very scattered in distribution; it differs from var. harveyana in having the leaf divisions 2-6 mm wide (vs. 0.5-2 mm wide).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, F, Il, Smith (1976); < Coreopsis grandiflora Hogg ex Sweet — Fl7, FNA21, G, Mi, Mo2, Ok, RAB, S, Tx, W, WH3, Tadesse & Crawford (2023), (basionym); < Coreopsis grandiflora Hogg ex Sweet var. grandiflora — C, SE1; > Coreopsis grandiflora Hogg ex Sweet var. grandiflora — Sherff & Alexander (1955); > Coreopsis grandiflora Hogg ex Sweet var. pilosa Sherff — Sherff & Alexander (1955)
Links to other floras: < Coreopsis grandiflora - FNA21
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
| Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Erect perennial of thin soils on rock outcrops, especially granitic flatrocks. | Stems unbranched, smooth. | Leaves opposite, petiolate, the lower ones lance-shaped and undivided, the middle and upper ones to 3 in. long and pinnately divided into several narrow segments, the center one being broadest. | Composite flowers (heads) solitary on naked, terminal stalks; heads 1 1/2-2 in. wide, consisting of 8 yellow ray florets with toothed tips encircling a dense center of yellow, 5-lobed disk florets; the base of the head is surrounded by 2 series of bracts, the inner straw-colored and the outer green. | A more commonly encountered variety of C. grandiflora (roadsides and other open, disturbed habitats) is var. harveyana; its leaf segments are narrower (less than 1/8 in.) than those of var. grandiflora (up to 1/4 in.). C. grandiflora var. saxicola ????? | 2-3 ft. | Erect perennial of thin soils on rock outcrops, especially granitic flatrocks. | Stems unbranched, smooth. | Leaves opposite, petiolate, the lower ones lance-shaped and undivided, the middle and upper ones to 3 in. long and pinnately divided into several narrow segments, the center one being broadest. | Composite flowers (heads) solitary on naked, terminal stalks; heads 1 1/2-2 in. wide, consisting of 8 yellow ray florets with toothed tips encircling a dense center of yellow, 5-lobed disk florets; the base of the head is surrounded by 2 series of bracts, the inner straw-colored and the outer green. | A more commonly encountered variety of C. grandiflora (roadsides and other open, disturbed habitats) is var. harveyana; its leaf segments are narrower (less than 1/8 in.) than those of var. grandiflora (up to 1/4 in.). C. grandiflora var. saxicola ????? |
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