OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 23 taxa.

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camera icon Common Name: Pool Coreopsis, Carolina Tickseed, Sickle Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis falcata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis falcata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis falcata 179-69-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Peat bogs, very wet savannas, ditches and borrow pits in savannas

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Beadle's Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Coreopsis palustris   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis palustris   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis helianthoides 179-69-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Blackwater swamp forests, wet and very wet loamy pine savannas, tidal freshwater swamp forests, swamp edges, borrow pits

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Chipola Dye-flower, fringeleaf tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Coreopsis integrifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis integrifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Banks and floodplains of small blackwater streams (especially over limestone), edges of swamp forests bordering longleaf pinelands or bordering brackish marshes

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Savanna Coreopsis, Savanna Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis linifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis linifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (POSSIBLY MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis angustifolia 179-69-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, sandhill seeps, sandhill-pocosin ecotones

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Swamp Coreopsis, Swamp Tickseed, Seepage Coreopsis, Coastal Plain Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis gladiata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis gladiata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis gladiata 179-69-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, sandhill seepage bogs, pitcher plant bogs, cataract bogs

Rare (historically in NC Mountains, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Longstalk Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis lanceolata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis lanceolata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis lanceolata 179-69-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Open sandy prairies; eastwards in disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia, original native distribution unclear

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Large-flowered Coreopsis, Largeflower Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis grandiflora 179-69-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: In thin soils of rock outcrops, especially granitic flatrocks and granite domes

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Large-flowered Coreopsis, Largeflower Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis grandiflora var. harveyana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis grandiflora var. harveyana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis grandiflora 179-69-006?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Sandy woodlands, disturbed areas

Rare

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: a puzzling Coreopsis [Glassy Mtn HP]

 

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Hairy Coreopsis, Star Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis pubescens 179-69-007   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Forests, woodlands, and rock outcrops

Common in NC Mountains (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eared Coreopsis, Lobed Coreopsis, Eared Tickseed, Lobed Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis auriculata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis auriculata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis auriculata 179-69-008   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist slopes and woodlands

Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis

Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Coreopsis major var. major   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis major   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis major var. major 179-69-009a   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Look for it in woodlands

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Whorled Coreopsis, Stiffleaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Coreopsis major var. rigida   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis major   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis major var. stellata 179-69-009b   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Look for it in dry woodlands and forests

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Larkspur-leaf Tickseed, Larkspur Coreopsis

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis delphiniifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis delphiniifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis major var. stellata 179-69-009b?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Dry woodlands

Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Threadleaf Coreopsis, Cutleaf Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis verticillata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis verticillata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis verticillata 179-69-010   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Dry sandy, rocky, or clayey woodlands and woodland borders; also a waif or persistent from horticultural use

Common (rare in Mountains, where introduced) (rare in GA)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Lookout Mountain Coreopsis

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis pulchra   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis pulchra   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Sandstone outcrops and adjacent woodlands

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

Native to northeast Alabama

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tall Coreopsis, Tall Tickseed, Threeleaf Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis tripteris   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis tripteris   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis tripteris 179-69-011   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, riverside scours, other rich, moist woodlands and woodland borders, wet hammocks (FL), primarily over calcareous or mafic rocks or on nutrient-rich alluvium

Uncommon (rare in NC Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Prairie Coreopsis, Finger Coreopsis, Stiff Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis palmata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis palmata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Prairies, glades, savannas, woodlands, roadsides

Native: Midwest US

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Broadleaf Coreopsis, Broadleaf Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis latifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis latifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis latifolia 179-69-012   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: In rich, moist, cove forests and slopes at medium elevations, primarily from 500 m in the Blue Ridge Escarpment to nearly 1500 m, often locally abundant

Rare (though often locally abundant)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Plains Coreopsis, Calliopsis, Garden Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis tinctoria 179-69-013 & 014   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides and other disturbed places

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain & Mountains)

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Texas Coreopsis, Golden-mane Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis basalis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis basalis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Coreopsis basalis 179-69-015   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Sandy roadsides and fields

Common (rare in Piedmont)

Native: eastern Texas, probably

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Swamp Coreopsis

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis nudata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis nudata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Seasonally flooded pineland depressions, either herbaceous-dominated or under a canopy of Taxodium ascendens

Common in GA Coastal Plain

Native to Georgia (& found in close proximity to SC)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rose Coreopsis, Pink Tickseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coreopsis rosea   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Coreopsis rosea   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Upland depression ponds in the Inner Coastal Plain, drawdown zones on banks of blackwater rivers in the Outer Coastal Plain

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia (should be sought in NC)

 


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"If the word 'officinalis' is included [in the Latin name], you can be sure that the herb was used at one time as a medicinal. Officinalis... means 'of a storeroom,' and indicates that the plant held enough importance to be kept for use should the need arise." — Dorie Byers, Herbal Remedy Gardens