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Coreopsis leavenworthii Torrey & A. Gray. Common name: Leavenworth’s Tickweed. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, adjacent ditches. Distribution: S. GA and s. AL south to and s. FL.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: C. lewtonii warrants additional taxonomic consideration. Small's description is minimal, but describes it as having simple and entire leaf blades (vs. lobed) and length of internodes much exceeding the length of leaves (vs. shorter internodes in C. leavenworthii).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA21, GW2, K4, WH3, Smith (1976); > Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray — S; > Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray var. garberi Sherff — Sherff & Alexander (1955); > Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray var. leavenworthii — Sherff & Alexander (1955); > Coreopsis lewtonii Small — S; Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray. Basionym: Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray 1842

Links to other floras: = Coreopsis leavenworthii - FNA21

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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