Coreopsis auriculata L.

Perennial herb to 1.5 m tall, stoloniferous, usually hairy. Stems erect or ascending, simple or branched. Leaves ovate to round, to 12 cm long, margins entire to lobed, petiolate. Capitula solitary, to 5 cm across, long-stalked; spring. Ray florets yellow. Disk florets yellow. Achenes obovate, 2-2.5 mm long, with narrow, incurved, thickened wings. Pappus a minute crown.

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Source: Jeanes, J. (2002). Asteraceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Asterales
family       Asteraceae
genus        Coreopsis L.