Coreopsis floridana
Florida tickseed
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Plant Specifics
Form:
flower
Size:
2-4 ft tall by 1 ft wide
Life Span:
short-lived perennial
Flower Color:
yellow
Fruit Color:
brown
Phenology:
Winter dormant. Blooms fall and winter.
Noted For:
Showy Flowers
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Useful as a colorful wildflower along the edge of a wetland. Often overlooked as sunflowers are blooming at the same time. But if the site is appropriate, worthwhile.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Stays wet ---- to ---- Usually moist, occasional inundation
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Organic
Suitable to Grow In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Butterflies
Attracts many different butterflies and pollinators.
Native Habitats:
Wet prairie, herbaceous seepage areas, wet roadsides.
