States
North CarolinaTennesseeGeorgiaSouth CarolinaKentuckyAlabamaArkansasFloridaLouisianaMississippiVirginiaWest Virginia
Menu

Golden Tickseed

Coreopsis tinctoria

—
Not scored

Native status: sources disagree, under review. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 82%

Height
2–4 feet
Spread
1–1.5 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to moist

Space about 1 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 100 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

Will it fit your yard?

At a glance

Life cycle
Annual
Bloom
Late spring
Fruiting season
Summer

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 1 West Virginia county.

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)
—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
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
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae
Hardiness
Zones 2a–11b
Soil pH
Acidic to alkaline
Flower color
Brown/copper, yellow or red
Growth rate
Rapid
Growth habit
Single crown
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
Summer
Fruit ends
Summer

What its natural habitat tells you

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

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

West Virginia rankSNA
Global rankG5
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

In your garden

Will it fit your yard?

Check this plant against your county, sun and soil moisture. Conditions are checked in your browser.

Choose a county to begin.

How to check your spot

Sources