Golden-mane Tickseed

Coreopsis basalis

Found in sandy roadsides and fields. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height: Up to about 20 inches
Light: Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to moist

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Coreopsis basalis — flower photograph — (c) Wes Copas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph

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At a glance

Life cycle: Annual
Leaves: Deciduous
Bloom: May to July

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Not yet recorded · Spread

Recorded in 12 Alabama counties.

Habitats

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Coreopsis

Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
Nathalis ioleDainty Sulphur, Dwarf Yellow
Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
Suleima helianthanaSunflower Bud Moth
Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
Tornos scolopacinariaDimorphic Gray

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

15Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Coreopsis

Andrena beameri
Andrena duplicata
Andrena gardineri
Colletes birkmanni
Dianthidium curvatum
Dianthidium simile
Megachile parallela
Megachile pugnata
Megachile xylocopoides
Melissodes coreopsis

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Melissodes subillatus
Melissodes wheeleri
Paranthidium jugatorium
Perdita foveata
Protandrena albitarsis

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae
Flower color: Yellow

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “May to July” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Flower color · “Yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 20 inches” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Leaves · “Deciduous” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Annual” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Light · “Partial shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
primary_flower_color · “yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Golden mane Tickseed

Conservation status

Alabama rank	SNR
Global rank	G5
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source