Mouse-ear Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata
Mouse-ear tickseed is a low, stoloniferous coreopsis for the front of part-shade borders, with golden daisies above eared leaves. Spreads gently into a cheerful groundcover.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–0.75 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV
Related native plants
More Coreopsis species
- Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
- Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
- Greater Tickseed (Coreopsis major)
- Stiff Tickseed (Coreopsis palmata)
- Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea)