Coreopsis latifolia Michx.
Family: Asteraceae
Broad-Leaf Tickseed
[Leiodon latifolius (Michx.) Shuttlw.]
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Perennials, 90-150 cm. Leaf blades ovate, 6-15(-20+) Ă— 2-10+ cm. Peduncles 1-5(-10) cm. Calyculi of 3-8+ linear bractlets 5-8 mm. Phyllaries 5, oblong, 8-12 mm. Ray laminae 10-18 mm. Disc corollas 7-8 mm. Cypselae 7-8 mm. 2n = 26.

Flowering Aug-Sep. Shaded slopes in woods; 300-700 m; Ga., N.C., S.C., Tenn.

Coreopsis latifolia is in the Center for Plant Conservation´s National Collection of Endangered Plants.