Coreopsis rosea
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Coreopsis rosea Nutt. |
| Common name: | rose coreopsis, pink tickseed |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1 - 2' |
| Foliage: | leaves opposite, 2-8 cm long, simple or occastionally 2-3 parted |
| Flower: | Daisy like deep rose to white rays with yellow disks, up to 2.5 cm wide |
| Flowering time: | flowers early July to early September; fruits are wingless, flat, elliptic-oblong achenes, appr. 2 mm. |
| Habitat: | low, open, wet, sandy ground or shallow water of swamps, peaty depressions |
| Range in New Jersey: | scattered through the coastal plain, mostly in the Pine Barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S2, LP, HL |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Coris, Greek, a bug, and opsis, appearance, from the form of the achene; rosea, rose-colored.Commerical cultivars are used in gardens. |