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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis pulchra   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis pulchra   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Coreopsis pulchra

 

COMMON NAME:
Lookout Mountain Coreopsis


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image of Coreopsis pulchra, Lookout Mountain Coreopsis

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_coreopsis_pulchra_13

June        

image of Coreopsis pulchra, Lookout Mountain Coreopsis

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_coreopsis_pulchra_3

September        

Disc floret corollas yellow or purple, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coreopsis pulchra   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Coreopsis pulchra   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Coreopsis pulchra

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3628

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Sandstone outcrops and adjacent woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to northeast Alabama

Rare in AL (apparently not in GA as previously reported)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Purple, brownish or yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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