Coreopsis

Also known as tickseed, tickseeds

Coreopsis () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants.

Species

Tickseed

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae

Native toAlabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Florida

Observations recorded106,370

General: Coreopsis (from the Gr. κοριός, korios, a bug

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1,316
With media: 992
Family: Asteraceae
Collections: FC-UNAM, INECOL, CAS, WCUH, CIIDIR-IPN, MSC
Recorded in: Mexico, United States, Peru

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Research

209 papers

Coreopsis tinctoria improves energy metabolism in obese hyperglycemic mice.Heliyon · 2024
Traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt.: A review.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2021
Optimizing Coreopsis tinctoria Flower Extraction and Inhibiting CML Activity: Box-Behnken Design.Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2024
Marein from Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. alleviates oxidative stress and lipid accumulation via SIRT1/Nrf2 signaling.Scientific reports · 2025
[Research advance in medicinal plants from genus Coreopsis].Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica · 2013

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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections

Contents

Description
Species
Formerly placed here
Taxonomy
Sections
Section Anathysana
Section Calliopsis
Section Coreopsis
Section Electra
Section Eublepharis
Section Gyrophyllum (syn. Palmatae)
Section Leptosyne
Section Pseudoagarista
Section Pugiopappus
Section Silphidium
Section Tuckermannia
Distribution and habitat
Ecology
Cultivation
Culture
References
External links

Coreopsis () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants.

==Description== These plants range from in height. The flowers are usually yellow with a toothed tip, but can also be yellow-and-red bicolor or pink. They have showy flower heads with involucral bracts in two distinct series of eight each, the outer being commonly connate at the base. The flat fruits are small and dry and look like insects.

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