Coreopsis basalis

(A. Dietrich) S. F. Blake

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 525. 1916.

Endemic
Basionym: Calliopsis basalis A. Dietrich Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 329. 1835
Synonyms: Coreopsis basalis var. wrightii (A. Gray) S. F. Blake Coreopsis wrightii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 193. Mentioned on page 192.

Annuals, 10–50+ cm. Aerial nodes proximal to first peduncle usually 5–10+, distalmost 1–3 internodes 4–7 (–10) cm. Leaves: basal and cauline on proximal 3/4–7/8 of plant heights; petioles 8–35 (–120) mm; blades simple or 1 (–2) -pinnately lobed with 3–9+ lobes, simple blades or terminal lobes elliptic or lanceolate to oblanceolate or linear, 25–55+ × (1–) 2–9 (–20) mm. Peduncles 6–15+ cm. Calyculi of lance-deltate to linear bractlets 6–9 (–12+) mm. Phyllaries lanceovate, 7–9+ mm. Ray laminae yellow, usually each with a proximal, redbrown to purple spot or band, 15–20+ mm. Disc corollas 3–4 mm, apices redbrown to purple. Cypselae 1.2–1.8 mm, wingless (margins ± inrolled adaxially, ± corky). 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Sandy soils in open, often disturbed, places
Elevation: 10–300+ m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex.

Discussion

Plants in the western part of the distribution of Coreopsis basalis usually have narrower lobes of leaf blades and narrower outer phyllaries; such plants have been treated as C. wrightii or as C. basalis var. wrightii.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
dark +  and pale +
redbrown;purple +
connate +  and distinct +
3-lobed +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +, cymiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
(A. Dietrich) S. F. Blake +
smooth +  and ciliate or barbed +
1 +  and 2 +
purple +  and redbrown +
decurrent +
Calliopsis basalis +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
lanceolate;oblanceolate or linear +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
lance-deltate;linear +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
obovate +  and oblong +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +  and Tex. +
10–300+ m +
papillate +  and smooth +
linear-fusiform;4-angled;ovate;orbiculate;oblong;linear;cuneate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy soils in open, often disturbed, places +
discoid +  and radiate +
in open , more or less corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
less globose;cylindric +
broadest +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
lanceolate +  and oblanceolate or linear +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
distalmost +  and proximal +
1 +  and 3 +
2-carpellate +
attenuate;less lanceolate;linear +
persistent +
of 1-2 , smooth to ciliate or barbed awns or scales +  and coroniform +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
fertile +  and sterile +
redbrown to purple spot +  and yellow +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
subulate +  and lanceolate +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Coreopsis basalis var. wrightii +  and Coreopsis wrightii +
Coreopsis basalis +
Coreopsis sect. Coreopsis +
species +
toothed +  and entire +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +
not ciliolate +
rarely irregularly toothed +  and pectinate +
membranous +