Coreopsis pubescens Elliott

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Coreopsis pubescens Elliott

• Description

  Species Description - Clustered perennial 6–12 dm, leafy throughout, evidently pubescent with short, loosely spreading hairs, rarely glabrous, lvs relatively broad, mostly elliptic or ovate, short-petiolate, 4–10 × (1–)1.5–4 cm, entire or very often with 1(2) pair of much smaller but similarly shaped pinnae at base; pappus commonly of 2 short, chaffy teeth; otherwise much like no. 2 [Coreopsis grandiflora Hogg]; 2n=26, 28. Chiefly in woods, especially in sandy soil; Va. to s. Ill. and Okla., s. to Fla. and La.; occasionally intr. elsewhere. June–Sept.

• Common Names

  hairy tickseed