Leavenworth's Tickseed

Coreopsis is the State wildflower.



Cultivated flower beds, wildflower gardens, meadows, and butterfly gardens.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Self-seeds and so could become weedy.

Moist to wet flatwoods, marl prairies, sandhill, scrub, and disturbed areas. Common on moist, open roadsides.

• Showy flowers
• Attracts small butterflies.
• Source of nectar and pollen for honeybees, native bees, and wasps.