Coreopsis basalis
| Coreopsis basalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Coreopsis |
| Species: | C. basalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Coreopsis basalis (
S.F.Blake | |
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Coreopsis basalis, commonly known as the goldenmane tickseed,[2] is a North American plant species in the sunflower family. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from Texas to the Carolinas. Isolated populations (apparently escapees from cultivation) have been reported from Connecticut, Illinois, and California.[3]
Description
Coreopsis basalis is a bushy
Cypselae or fruits with one seed each produced from fertilized flowers are 1.2–1.8 mm long and wingless but the margins tend to be in-rolled.[4]
Plants grow in sandy soils in open areas, often in disturbed ground.[4]
Plants from western parts of its natural distribution area normally have narrower leaf blade lobes and narrower outer
phyllaries
, these plants have been segregated out as C. wrightii or as C. basalis var. wrightii in the past by some authorities. The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.