General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Plant Height: 12 to 16 inches
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Leaf-stem tickseed
  • Leafstem tickseed
  • Leafy stem coreopsis

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Location: Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, CA
Date: 2006-04-16
Leaf-stem tickseed (Coreopsis calliopsidea) at Soda Lake in the C

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