Garden Tickseed
Garden Tickseed - Coreopsis tinctoria
Alternative names
Dyer's Tickseed, Plains Coreopsis and as Nuttal Weed.
Description
An upright, fast-growing plant, with lance-shaped leaves, reaching a height of 1m. It has large, daisy-like, bright orange-yellow flowerheads with red centres. The flowers are borne on branching stems.
Recording advice
Please include an image showing both the flowers and leaves.
Habitat
Usually found as an escape from culivation, and often occuring near to habitaion.
When to see it
Flowers from summer into early autumn.
Life History
Annual
UK Status
Widespread, but occasional in England usually as an escape from cultivation or seed mixes.
VC55 Status
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020
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