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Coreopsis tinctoria Nuttall var. tinctoria . Common name: Calliopsis, Plains Coreopsis. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Streambanks, riverbanks, roadsides and other disturbed places. Distribution: Var. tinctoria was apparently widespread in the Great Plains and sc. United States, now distributed nearly throughout North America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, K4, NE, Va, Smith (1976); > Coreopsis cardaminaefolia (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray — Tx; > Coreopsis cardaminefolia (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray — RAB, S, Sherff & Alexander (1955); > Coreopsis stenophylla Boynton — Sherff & Alexander (1955); < Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. — Ar, F, Fl7, FNA21, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, Mex, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NY, Oh3, Ok, Pa, SE1, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WH3, WV; > Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. — RAB, S; > Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. var. tinctoria — Sherff & Alexander (1955); Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. Basionym: Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. 1821

Links to other floras: < Coreopsis tinctoria - FNA21

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, tap-rooted annual of roadsides and other disturbed places.

Stems: Stems unbranched, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile and petiolate, smooth; basal and lower leaves once or twice pinnately divided into linear segments to 2 in. long.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers in a branched, terminal cluster; heads yellow with maroon centers, about 1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 8 yellow ray florets, which are reddish-brown at base and 3-toothed at tip, encirclng a dense center of tiny maroon or yellow, tubular, 4-lobed disk flowers; surrounding the base of the head are 2 different series (inner and outer) of bracts. .

Fruits:

Comments: Probably introduced from farther west.

Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect, tap-rooted annual of roadsides and other disturbed places.

stems: Stems unbranched, smooth.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile and petiolate, smooth; basal and lower leaves once or twice pinnately divided into linear segments to 2 in. long.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers in a branched, terminal cluster; heads yellow with maroon centers, about 1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 8 yellow ray florets, which are reddish-brown at base and 3-toothed at tip, encirclng a dense center of tiny maroon or yellow, tubular, 4-lobed disk flowers; surrounding the base of the head are 2 different series (inner and outer) of bracts. .

fruits:

comments: Probably introduced from farther west.

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