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Coreopsis (/ ˌ k ɒr iː ˈ ɒ p s ɪ s / [2]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed , a name shared with various other plants . Description
Coreopsis tinctoria, commonly known as plains coreopsis, garden tickseed, golden tickseed, or calliopsis, is an annual forb. The species is common in Canada (from Quebec to British Columbia ), northeast Mexico ( Coahuila , Nuevo León , Tamaulipas ), and most of the United States , especially the Great Plains and Southern States .
Coreopsis lanceolata is a perennial plant sometimes attaining a height of over 60 cm (2 ft). The plant produces yellow flower heads singly at the top of a naked flowering stalk, each head containing both ray florets and disc florets. [6] Each flower measures 5–8 cm (2–3 in) across.
The stem of Coreopsis gigantea is a trunk up to 1 metre (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet) tall, and 4–10 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –4 inches) in diameter. The plant can reach 3 m (10 ft) high by 0.61 m (2 ft) wide. [6] [7] It is summer deciduous, leaving a sculptural bare trunk and branches during the dry season.
Coreopsis verticillata is a North American species of tickseed in the sunflower family. It is found primarily in the east-central United States , from Maryland south to Georgia , with isolated populations as far west as Oklahoma and as far north as Québec and Ontario . [ 2 ]
Coreopsis auriculata, the lobed tickseed [2] or mouse-ear tickseed, is a North American plant species of the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern and east-central United States , from Louisiana east to the Florida Panhandle and as far north as Kentucky , Maryland , and West Virginia .