Plains Coreopsis

Description:

Flowers are brilliant yellow with maroon or brown centers of various sizes. Flowering typically occurs in mid-summer. The small, slender seeds germinate in fall (overwintering as a low rosette) or early spring.

Habitat:

The plant is common to Canada, Northeast Mexico, much of the United States, especially the Great Plains and Southern states where it is often called "calliopsis." It often grows in disturbed areas such as roadsides and cultivated fields. Native Distribution: Plains of c. U.S.; naturalized elsewhere Native Habitat: Prairie, Plains, Meadows, Pastures, Savannahs, Roadsides, pond banks

Notes:

Spotted in a previously disturbed lot near Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park