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Douglas' Tickseed

Coreopsis douglasii (DC.) Hall

Description

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Annuals, 5–15(–25+) cm. Leaf blades simple or pinnately lobed, terminal lobes filiform, 0.5–1+ mm wide. Peduncles 5–15(–20+) cm. Calyculi of (3–)5 linear bractlets 3–5(–12) mm, not ciliolate near bases. Phyllaries (5–)8, ovate, 5–7+ mm. Ray florets (5–)8(–9+); laminae 5–12(–16+) mm. Disc florets 8–60(–100+); corollas 2.8–3.5 mm. Cypselae ± oblanceolate, 3.5–4+ mm, not marked adaxially with red dots or dashes, wings usually thin, sometimes corky-thickened, faces usually smooth, rarely tuberculate, not hirtellous. 2n = 24.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 21: 189 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Leptosyne douglasii de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 531. 1836
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 21: 189 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Coreopsis douglasii

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Coreopsis douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Douglas' tickseed. It is native to California from Santa Clara County to San Diego County, as well as from Mohave County in Arizona.[2][3]

The plant grows on the slopes of the Transverse Ranges, and the Inner South California Coast Ranges adjacent to the western edge of the Central ValleySan Joaquin Valley.[2]

Description

Coreopsis douglasii is an annual herb producing one or more stems with erect inflorescences growing up to about 25 centimeters tall. The slightly fleshy leaves are located mainly around the base of the stem. They are up to 8 centimeters long and linear in shape or divided into linear lobes.[4]

The inflorescence bears a single flower head with a rounded involucre of lance-shaped, pointed phyllaries. The head has a center of many small yellow disc florets and a fringe of 5 to 8 bright yellow ray florets each usually under a centimeter long. The fruit is an achene.[4]

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Coreopsis douglasii: Brief Summary

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Coreopsis douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Douglas' tickseed. It is native to California from Santa Clara County to San Diego County, as well as from Mohave County in Arizona.

The plant grows on the slopes of the Transverse Ranges, and the Inner South California Coast Ranges adjacent to the western edge of the Central ValleySan Joaquin Valley.

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