Common Name:

Texas tickseed

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Coreopsis linifolia

Family:

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Form:

flower

Size:

1-3 ft

Life Span:

annual

Flower Color:

yellow

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

flowers and fruits summer through fall

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

seed or divisions

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Somewhat moist, no flooding ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

acidic but moderately adaptable

Suitable to Grow In:

8A, 8B

Wildlife:

Native Habitats:

wet flatwoods, wet prairie, open transitional prairie bordering cypress swamps, wet roadside ditches

Natural Range in Florida:

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Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

weedy