Coreopsis
Also known as tickseed, tickseeds
Coreopsis () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAlabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Florida
General: Coreopsis (from the Gr. κοριός, korios, a bug
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- Formerly placed here
- Taxonomy
- Sections
- Section Anathysana
- Section Calliopsis
- Section Coreopsis
- Section Electra
- Section Eublepharis
- Section Gyrophyllum (syn. Palmatae)
- Section Leptosyne
- Section Pseudoagarista
- Section Pugiopappus
- Section Silphidium
- Section Tuckermannia
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Cultivation
- Culture
- References
- External links
Coreopsis () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants.
==Description== These plants range from in height. The flowers are usually yellow with a toothed tip, but can also be yellow-and-red bicolor or pink. They have showy flower heads with involucral bracts in two distinct series of eight each, the outer being commonly connate at the base. The flat fruits are small and dry and look like insects.