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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Asteraceae
Coreopsis tripteris L.
tall coreopsis, tall tickseed
Coreopsis: from Greek koris, "a bug," and -opsis, indicating a resemblance, therefore meaning bug-like, referring to the achenes which look like ticks
tripteris: Greek tri for "three" and pteryx for "wing"
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3' - 9' tall, hairless forb with a whitish powder; stem single; short, stout rhizomes |
| Flower: | head 1"- 2 1/3" wide with yellow, 1/3"-1" long, mostly un-notched rays; disk up to 1/3" wide, yellow becoming purple/red; inflorescence a flat-topped, branched cluster (cyme) of several to many heads; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry, obovate seed with no fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | opposite, elliptical to lance-like, stalked, divided to the base into 3 deep lobes |
| Habitat: | full to partial sun; moist, wet; prairies, savannas, woods |
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