General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24 to 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 16 inches
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Pollinators: Birds
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Greater Tickseed
  • Whorled-leaf Coreopsis
  • Major coreopsis
  • Forest Tickseed

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Location: Hoffman, NC (McKinney Fish Hatchery)
Date: June 27, 2022
Greater tickseed #249;  RAB page 1124, 179-69-9; AG page 281, 55-
Location: Hoffman, NC (McKinney Fish Hatchery)
Date: June 27, 2022
Greater tickseed #249;  RAB page 1124, 179-69-9; AG page 281, 55-
Location: Hoffman, NC (McKinney Fish Hatchery)
Date: June 27, 2022
Greater tickseed #249;  RAB page 1124, 179-69-9; AG page 281, 55-
Location: Hoffman, NC (McKinney Fish Hatchery)
Date: July 26, 2022
Greater tickseed #249. RAB page 1124, 179-69-9. AG page 281, 55-5

Date: 2003-05-26
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
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Location: Lake James, NC
Date: 2020-08-01
This was growing in a section of a rock cliff that had collected

Date: 2003-05-26
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2003-05-26
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2003-05-26
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
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