Coreopsis gigantea (Kellogg) H.M.Hall

Giant coreopsis (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Coreopsis

Characteristics

Subshrubs or shrubs (± pachycaul, fleshy), (10–)30–250+ cm. Leaf lobes mostly filiform, 10–35(–75) × 0.5–1(–2) mm. Heads (1–)8–12+ per stem. Peduncles 4–12(–18+) cm. Calyculi of 4–12+ ovate to linear bractlets (5–)7–12+ mm. Phyllaries 8–14+, lance-ovate, 10–12+ mm. Ray florets 8–13+; laminae 20–35+ mm. Disc corollas 5–6 mm. Cypselae oblong-obovate, 5–7 mm. 2n = 24.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

By the coast on rocky sea cliffs and exposed dunes to 50 metres in California.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses dye
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 20 - 25
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -3
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Coreopsis gigantea unspecified picture

Distribution

Coreopsis gigantea world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65805-2
WFO ID wfo-0000004771
COL ID YDQJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Coreopsis gigantea Leptosyne gigantea Tuckermannia gigantea