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.

Identification difficulty
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.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

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All NatureSpot records