Garden Coreopsis
Description:
Numerous smooth, slightly
angled branches bearing showy, daisy-like flower heads with yellow rays
surrounding a reddish-purple central disk.
Flowers:
Head to 1 1/4" wide;
rays 5-7, each 3-toothed, blotched with reddish brown at base; outer bracts
shorter than inner ones, dissimilar.
2-4" long, opposite,
highly dissected into linear segments.
Fruit:
none
Height:
2-4'.
Flowering:
June-September.
Habitat:
Low ground, roadsides,
and waste places.
Comments:
This prevailingly western
annual has escaped from cultivation in the East. It is widespread in the
West and the South in disturbed areas, such as moist ditches. Because
of it's showiness, the flower is cultivated extensively, hence it's common
name.