Lanceleaf Tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata
Yellow and orange flowers from April into June, worked by ligated furrow bees and bicolored striped sweat bees. It grows wild in 45 of Tennessee’s 95 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 2 ft to 3 ft tall, 1.5 ft wide
- Flowers
- Yellow and orange, Apr to Jun
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- Roots; wants 6 in of soil
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flowerfall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 7 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 46 kinds of native bees
- On its flowers
- Ligated furrow bee (Halictus ligatus), Bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens), Fairy bee (Perdita scopata), Green sweat bee (Augochlorella bracteata)
Grows well with
New Jersey Tea
Bluestem Goldenrod
Calico Aster
Robin's-plantain
Black Huckleberry
Narrowleaf Sundrops
Small's Ragwort
Sweet Goldenrod
Facts from the Quercus record for Coreopsis lanceolata.