Tuckermannia maritima Nutt.
Coreopsis maritima (Nutt.) Hook.f.
Sea dahlia
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Leptosyne maritima (Nutt.) A.Gray
Tuckermannia maritima Nutt.
Tuckermannia maritima Nutt.
2/26/2010 · Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, La Jolla, California · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (50 × 33 cm) 
2/26/2010 · Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, La Jolla, California · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 17 cm) 
2/26/2010 · Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, La Jolla, California · ≈ 10 × 7″ (24 × 16 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 | maritima | “Of the seashore” |
Coreopsis maritima description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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