FNPS Plant Database

Coreopsis leavenworthii

Leavenworth's tickseed

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

Leavenworth's tickseed

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Coreopsis leavenworthii

Family:

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

1.5 to 3.0 ft tall by .5 to 1.5 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

yellow

Fruit Color:

NA

Phenology:

Annual. Flowers all year.

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Cultivated flower beds, wildflower gardens, meadows, and butterfly gardens.

Considerations:

Self-seeds and so could become weedy.

Availability:

Propagation:

Seeds and dividing the basal rosettes. Seeds are available through the Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative.

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

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

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7 ---to--- 10

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

1

Soil or Other Substrate:

Soil pH:

5.6 to 7.7

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Text

Native Habitats:

Moist to wet flatwoods, marl prairies, sandhill, scrub, and disturbed areas. Common on moist, open roadsides.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

The Seminole tribe used this plant to make an infusion of used for heat prostration.

General Comments:

Coreopsis is the State wildflower.

Citations:

Hammer, Roger. 2015.  Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida.  University Presses of Florida.



Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Nelson, Gil.  2003.  Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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