Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Coreopsis L.

COREOPSIS L.

Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes somewhat woody. Lvs usually opposite, rarely alternate, simple and entire to dentate or lobed, or 1-3-ternate or pinnate. Capitula pedunculate, solitary or in loose cymes. Involucral bracts in 2-(4) rows; outer row usually foliaceous; inner rows membranous. Receptacle flat or slightly convex; scales present. Outer florets ♀ or sterile, ligulate, usually yellow, sometimes mauve, rose, pink, white or marked with red toward base. Inner florets ⚥, tubular. Achenes all similar, orbicular, oblong to linear, compressed; lateral angles usually with entire or dentate wings, sometimes not winged; pappus 0, reduced to a small corona, or of 2 antrorsely barbed or smooth awns.

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Lvs mostly basal at flowering, usually simple and entire or with 2 basal lobes, rarely some lvs 1-pinnate with broad leaflets; ligules yellow to golden yellow; disc corollas 5-toothed
Lvs all cauline at flowering, 1-2-pinnate with linear leaflets; ligules yellow with reddish brown basal blotch; disc corollas 4-toothed

114 spp., N., C., S. America, Africa. Naturalised spp. 2.

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