Coreopsis leavenworthii (Leavenworth’s tickseed)

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Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A. Gray

Leavenworth’s tickseed

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Coreopsis angustata Greene
Coreopsis lewtonii Small
Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A. Gray var. curtissii Sherff
Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A. Gray var. garberi A. Gray
Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & A. Gray var. lewtonii (Small) Sherff

4/14/2015 · Pinelands, Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.5 cm)

4/14/2015 · Pinelands, Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Coreopsis	From the Greek koris, “a bug,” and -opsis, indicating a resemblance, therefore meaning bug-like, referring to the achenes which look like ticks
Species	leavenworthii	After amateur botanist, explorer and surgeon Dr. Melines Conklin Leavenworth (1796-1862) a graduate of Yale and plant collector for whom John Torrey named the genus Leavenworthia. This is not the individual who founded Fort Leavenworth. That was Col. Henry Leavenworth

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Coreopsis leavenworthii description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.