Hairy coreopsis

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Hairy coreopsis head

Hairy coreopsis

Hairy coreopsis leaf

Hairy coreopsis leaves

Hairy coreopsis

Hairy coreopsis

Morphology

Stem

Branched distally, glabrate to pubescent.

Leaves

Mostly cauline, opposite or rarely alternate, occurring on most of the length of the stem; petiole 1/12 to 1 inch; blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1.4 to 4 inches long, 1/12 to 1.4 inch wide, entire or with 2 basal lobes.

Inflorescence

Heads radiate, solitary; peduncles 2.8 to 8 inches. Involucres campanulate. Calyculate bractlets 6-9, lanceolate to linear, 1/8 to 1/4 inch. Phyllaries in 2 series: outer narrowly lanceolate, 1/8 to 1/4 inch; inner ovate to lanceolate, 1/5 to 1/3 inch.

Flower

Ray florets usually 8, pistillate or neuter, usually sterile: corolla yellow, ligule 1/2 to 1 inch, apex with 3-5 prominent teeth. Disk florets bisexual, fertile: corolla yellow, ca. 1/5 inch, lobes 5.

Fruit

Achenes black, elliptic or oblong, 1/10 to 1/8 inch, flattened at right angle to radius of head; pappus of 2 tiny scales.

Ecology

Habitat

Floodplain forests, moist draws in oak-hickory forests, and moist thickets

Distribution

Occurs in the southeast corner of Kansas

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