FLORIDA WILDFLOWERS - including native flowering vines and aquatic plants. Photos: Courtesy of Joan Brookwell - Co-author of "Native Florida Plants".

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Coreopsis

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COREOPSIS, TICKSEED
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  • Bloom: Daisy - like flowers, an inch across, with bright yellow rays and deep brown or purplish centers on slender branched stalks, bloom mainly in spring and summer but flowers may appear at any time of the year.
  • Habitat: Ditches, roadsides, damp woodlands
  • Native Range: East and Gulf coasts, throughout Florida: Zones 4- 1
  • Propagation: Seed
Several species of tickseed, perennials in the aster family grow in various parts of Florida in either damp or dry soils and flowernig at different seasons. They need full sun to flower well. One, C. nudata or swamp coreopsis, a wetland plant of nothern Florida, has pink rays and a bright yellow center and is a particulariy attractive flowering plant for a wild garden. Coreopsis reseed readily, are simple to grow, and may be used as cut flowers. They also are nectar plants for butterflies.