General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 1 to 2 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 12 inches
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Yellow and maroon.
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Dye production
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Plains Coreopsis
  • Golden Tickseed
  • Goldenwave
  • Calliopsis
  • Coreopsis
  • Tickseed
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coreopsis tinctoria
  • Synonym: Coreopsis stenophylla
  • Synonym: Coreopsis cardaminefolia
  • Synonym: Coreopsis tinctoria var. imminuta
  • Synonym: Coreopsis tinctoria var. atkinsoniana

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Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2021-06-29
Plains Coreopsis first blooms, from Winter Sowing
Location: Indiana zone 5
Photo by dnrevel
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2015-06-19
Location: Plano, TX
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-05-28
Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: 2012-04-26
Location: Tarlton, OH
Date: 2017-08-05
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida 
Date: 2021-04-21
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2016-05-29
Location: Killeen,Tx
Date: 2021-06-21

Date: 2015-08-07

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: 2009-10-03
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-05-28
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-05-24
Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: 2012-04-26
Location: IL
Date: 2008-07-08

Date: 2015-08-07

Date: 2015-08-07

Date: 2015-02-04
Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Photo by kylaluaz
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-08-26
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-05-26
This plant is over 4 ft. tall
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-04-24
2 ft clump of plains coreopsis
Location: San Marcos, TX
Date: 2020-05-04

Date: 2022-05-25
Location: Fountain,Florida
Date: 2015-05-24

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Location: Molly Hollar Wildscape Arlinton, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
This beautiful flower covers hillsides in Texas and sways in the
Location: Maine

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-06-21
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-06-21
fine needle like leaves
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-05-24
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-05-24
Photo by sedumzz

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
Date: May
photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-08-01

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Location: Northeastern, Texas - near the pond
Date: June, 2010
Blooms in June, each one has its own personality
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-25
along the roadside
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-25
along the roadside

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
  • Uploaded by vic

Date: 2012-04-25
along roadside

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Date: 2021-09-13

Date: 2021-09-13
Location: Tarlton, OH
Date: 2017-09-11
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-06-21
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-05-24
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-05-24
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2008-06-08
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2008-05-15
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-02-19
Basal rosette growth at seedling stage.
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2008-05-13
Location: Mississippi
Date: 2015-11-01
Seedlings produce a basal rosette
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-05-28
Developing seedpods
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-05-23
Nearly 6 ft tall
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19
Duskywing butterfly on lower right specimen
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Photo by sedumzz

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Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on May 3, 2012 6:40 PM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant.
Plant Events from our members
gardengus On June 18, 2015 Bloomed
First blooms
dragonfetti On March 15, 2015 Seeds sown
AC container
Catmint20906 On July 9, 2015 Bloomed
dnrevel On June 29, 2021 Bloomed
Lovely yellow orange blooms, first year for this annual.
dnrevel On June 7, 2021 Transplanted
Estimated date. Did well in front yard gardens and at Project Grow gardens, growing by the corn stalks. Looks dainty, but is tough plant!
dnrevel On April 2, 2021 Seeds germinated
Sprouted in WS container.
dnrevel On January 10, 2021 Seeds sown
Winter sowing seeds from DnD Seed Swap Jan 10 2021.
dnrevel On January 10, 2021 Obtained plant
Winter Sowed Jan 10, 2021
Coreopsis tinctoria, North American Native Wildflower
Tall Red Plains Coreopsis (New to PlantFinder list, Native)
antsinmypants On May 9, 2021 Plant emerged
antsinmypants On May 5, 2021 Seeds sown
Indoors under lights. ststs
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