Wildflowers Identified: Stiff Coreopsis
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Stiff Coreopsis has these characteristics:
- in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- compound leaves are trifoliate - three leaflets radiating from a point
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Eric Haines,
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