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§1 Plant
Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt.
vernacular golden tickseed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Coreopsis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 454 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 52 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–7.8
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 3,222,222
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 454 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Lake 17097
- Madison 17119
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Gove 20063
- Grant 20067
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Jackson 20085
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Clarke 28023
- Coahoma 28027
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Jasper 28061
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Newton 28101
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tunica 28143
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
Montana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Union 37179
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Carroll 51035
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Gloucester 51073
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Loudoun 51107
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/COTI3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3133950 ↗Record version
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