Star Tickseed

Coreopsis pubescens

Strong

Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height: 2–4 feet
Spread: 1.5–2.5 feet
Light: Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to average

Space about 2 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 25 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

Coreopsis pubescens photograph — (c) Michael J. Papay, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial
Leaves: Deciduous
Bloom: Summer

Recorded in 2 West Virginia counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 29 animals.

Widespread birds also seen here (30)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Coreopsis

Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
Suleima helianthanaSunflower Bud Moth
Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
Tornos scolopacinariaDimorphic Gray
Agonopterix atrodorsella

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

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

Show all 15

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

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae
Hardiness: Zones 5a–9b
Flower color: Yellow or orange

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “Summer” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Flower color · “Yellow or orange” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Hardiness · “Zones 5a–9b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Height · “2–4 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
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)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards differs)
Soil · “Good drainage; Occasionally dry” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards differs)
Spread · “1.5–2.5 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Conservation status

West Virginia rank	S2
Global rank	G5?
WV status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Growing cautions

Self-seeds freely. Self-sows readily. Tennessee Smart Yards

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