Description

Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Organically Grown Native Perennial Plugs, Native Wildflowers, Native Pollinator Support Plants

Attractive Flowers:
Average – Dry soil:
Average to moist soil:
Average Wildlife Value:
Beneficial Insects:
Drought Tolerant:
Dry-Moist Soil:
Erosion Control:
FAC- Occur in wetlands and non-wetlands:
Fragrant:
Full – Part Sun (6+ hours of sun):
Herbaceous plant:
Loamy Soil- mostly silt, sand, some clay:
Moist Soil:
Native to Coastal Regions:
Native To Mountain Regions:
Native to Piedmont Regions:
Perennial:
Pollinator support:
Sandy soil, coarse texture:
Songbirds:
Threatened / Endangered:
Wildflower:
Full Sun:
Botanic Name (s): Coreopsis lanceolata

Common Name(s): Lanceleaf coropsis

Mature height : 3-4ft

Mature spread: 3-4 ft

Flower Color:Yellow, gold

Bloom Time:May-September

Fruit:Capsule

Sun Exposure: Full Sun Part Sun

Soil moisture: Dry Average Moist

Soil Type:

Loamy Soil- mostly silt, sand, some clay

Sandy soil, coarse texture

Native Habitat: Thickets, old fields, forest edges, roadsides

Notes: flower has anise scent

Fragrant

Average Wildlife Value: Beneficial Insects Butterflies Songbirds

FAC- Occur in wetlands and non-wetlands

Native to Coastal Regions

Native To Mountain Regions

Native to Piedmont Regions

Threatened / Endangered: Maryland

Native Perennial/Wildflower

USDA Symbol: cola5
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (N)
Lance-leaf tickseed grows in small clumps but forms extensive colonies. It is 1-2 1/2 feet tall and has leaves 3-4 inches long, opposite, sometimes alternate near the top where the leaves are fewer. Some of the leaves are deeply cut, almost forming 3 leaflets. Flower heads are yellow, 1-1 1/2 inches across. The yellow center or disk flowers stand out distinctly from the ray flowers, which appear to be attached just below them. Ray flowers are 4-lobed. The yellow, daisy-like flowers occur singly atop long, naked peduncles.

This native species has branching stems at base and often forms sizable colonies along roadsides and in old fields. A southern species, Greater Tickseed (C. major), 2-3′ (60-90 cm) tall, has sunflower-like flower heads 1-2″ (2.5-5 cm) wide and opposite leaves deeply segmented into 3 parts, appearing as a whorl of 6. Nearly a dozen other perennial yellow-flowered Coreopsis species occur in the East.

Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Organically Grown Native Perennial Plugs, Native Wildflowers, Native Pollinator Support Plants

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