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Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
| Botanical name: |
Coreopsis rosea Nutt. |
| Common
name: |
pink coreopsis, pink tickseed
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| Synonomy: |
n/a
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| Group: |
Dicot
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| Family: |
Asteraceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Forb/herb
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| Duration: |
Perennial
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| Origin: | Native |
| Plant
height: |
1-2 feet
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| Foliage: |
leaves opposite, 2-8 cm long, simple or occastionally 2-3 parted
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| Flower
color: |
Daisy like deep rose to white rays with yellow disks |
| Flower
size: |
up to 2.5 cm wide |
| Flowering/fruiting 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 |
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| Misc.: |
Coris, Greek, a bug, and opsis, appearance, from the form of the achene; rosea, rose-colored.Commerical cultivars are used in gardens.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 494.
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