Coreopsis gladiata

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|image = Coreopsis7222.jpg

|genus = Coreopsis

|species = gladiata

|authority = Walter

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-11464 The Plant List, Coreopsis gladiata Walter ]

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|Campylotheca helianthoides Endl.

|Coreopsis angustifolia Dryand. ex Aiton 1789 not L. 1753

|Coreopsis callosa Bertol.

|Coreopsis dichotoma Michx.

|Coreopsis falcata F.E.Boynton

|Coreopsis floridana E.B.Sm.

|Coreopsis helianthoides Beadle

|Coreopsis linifolia Nutt.

|Coreopsis longifolia Small

|Coreopsis oniscicarpa Fernald

|Coreopsis saxicoloidea Sherff

|}}

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Coreopsis gladiata, the coastalplain tickseed,{{PLANTS|id=COGL2|taxon=Coreopsis gladiata|accessdate=21 June 2015}} is a North American species of perennial tickseeds in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern United States from eastern Texas to southeastern Virginia, primarily to the coastal plain.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Coreopsis%20gladiata.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Coreopsis gladiata is a perennial herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. Flower heads have yellow ray florets and purple disc florets. The species grows in swamps, bogs, depressions, and pine barrens.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066422 Flora of North America, Coreopsis gladiata Walter, Fl. Carol. 215. 1788. ]