Tall Coreopsis

(Coreopsis tripteris)

 

Color Photograph: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)

Identification: Flowers yellow, relatively small for the genus. Ray florets not toothed. Flower stalks (peduncles) short. Leaves with three, broad leaflets, not grasslike. Plant with anise odor. Plant tall, 3 to 9 feet in height.

Distribution: Primarily a species of the Mississippi Valley region but with a wider distribution from southern Ontario throughout most of our area.

Habitat: Tall Coreopsis is found in dry woods, forest margins, ands thickets.

Flowering period: July to October.

Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)

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The yellow flowers with untoothed ray florets, tall stature, and the broad, leaves with 3 leaflets are distinctive characters of Tall Coreopsis.

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