Whorled Tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata
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Strong
Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?
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- Height
- 2.5–3 feet
- Spread
- 17–24 inches
- Light
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil moisture
- Somewhat dry to moist
Space about 1.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 44 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count
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At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Bloom
- May to July
- Fruiting season
- Summer
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Recorded in 71 Virginia counties.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 111 animals.
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA
Genus host records with ranges including VA · Coreopsis
- Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Suleima helianthanaSunflower Bud Moth
- Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
- Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
- Tornos scolopacinariaDimorphic Gray
- Agonopterix atrodorsella
46BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Coreopsis
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
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
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–9b
- Soil pH
- Acidic to neutral
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Fruit begins
- Summer
- Fruit ends
- Summer
What its natural habitat tells you
Flowering timing. Species flower description reports May to July; shearing may produce fall flowers. Timing varies with location and year. Source
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Bloom · “May to July” · NC State Extension · reviewed species facts
- Flower color · “Yellow” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Fruit begins · “Summer” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox · Species profile fruit display season; not a local ripening date
- Fruit ends · “Summer” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox · Species profile fruit display season; not a local ripening date
- Hardiness · “Zones 3a–9b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Height · “2.5–3 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differ)
- Leaves · “Deciduous” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards, Virginia DCR Piedmont, Virginia DCR Coastal Plain, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differ)
- primary_flower_color · “yellow” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Soil · “Good drainage; Moist; Occasionally dry” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards, Virginia DCR Piedmont, Virginia DCR Coastal Plain, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differ)
- Soil pH · “Acidic to neutral” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
- Spread · “17–24 inches” · NC State Extension · reviewed species facts
Conservation status
| Virginia rank | S5 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| VA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
In your garden
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Growing cautions
- Spreads by rhizomes. Clumps spread by rhizomes; it also self-seeds. NC State Extension Plant Toolbox
For planning only; these do not change the score or Fit.
Sources
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- 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
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications