Coreopsis gigantea H.M.Hall
Family: Asteraceae
[Leptosyne gigantea Kellogg,  more...]
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Gerald and Buff Corsi  

Subshrubs or shrubs (± pachycaul, fleshy), (10-)30-250+ cm. Leaf lobes mostly filiform, 10-35(-75) × 0.5-1(-2) mm. Heads (1-)8-12+ per stem. Peduncles 4-12(-18+) cm. Calyculi of 4-12+ ovate to linear bractlets (5-)7-12+ mm. Phyllaries 8-14+, lance-ovate, 10-12+ mm. Ray florets 8-13+; laminae 20-35+ mm. Disc corollas 5-6 mm. Cypselae oblong-obovate, 5-7 mm. 2n = 24.

Flowering Jan-Jul. Coastal bluffs, dunes; 0-200 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

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Gerald and Buff Corsi  
Coreopsis gigantea image
Gerald and Buff Corsi  
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Brent Miller  
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Gary A. Monroe  
Coreopsis gigantea image
Gary A. Monroe  
Coreopsis gigantea image
Gary A. Monroe  
Coreopsis gigantea image
Gary A. Monroe  
Coreopsis gigantea image
Gary A. Monroe  
Coreopsis gigantea image
Gary A. Monroe  
Coreopsis gigantea image
Gary A. Monroe