Broadleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis latifolia)

This shot is a closeup of the plant, showing yellow flowers. Photo Credit: Robert Sutter

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: GA, NC, SC, TN, TVA
Nature Serve ID: 141346
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 02/25/1988

Description:

Broad-leaved tickseed is a slender, erect, perennial herb that grows in rich sandy-loams of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is found in and around the Black Mountains and along the Blue Ridge Escarpment from the Craggies to the South Carolina line with disjunct populations in Tennessee (Sutter 1989). The plant often grows to 1.5 meters in length and is essentially glabrous with long rhizomes. The inflorescence is a small corymb with yellow ray and disk flowers (Radford 1968). From August to September, yellow flowers develop that will produce 10-15 seeds per head. Many of this specie's populations now appear stable (Sutter 1989).

Where is Broadleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis latifolia) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Rich moist woods, along mountain streams, light gaps, and roadsides in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Sutter 1989).

Distribution:

Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee (Sutter 1989).

States & Provinces:

Broadleaf Tickseed can be found in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Authority

Which CPC Partners conserve Broadleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis latifolia)?

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Coreopsis latifolia is a rare species known from the Blue Ridge Mountains, occurring in western North Carolina southward into South Carolina, northeastern Georgia and Tennessee. This composite is a species of rich, moist, deep, well-drained shaded sandy loams.

01/01/2010

Habitat alteration Agriculture Some silvicultural practices Roadside maintenance and widening (Sutter 1989)

01/01/2010

34 populations exist (Sutter 1989).

01/01/2010

None

01/01/2010

Many populations are large and extensive and appear stable and many are situated on public land afforded some protection.

01/01/2010

Demography and monitoring of extant populations and searching for new populations. General biology and pollination ecology research.

01/01/2010

Seed collection from all populations not represented in collection.