Goldenmane Tickseed
Coreopsis basalis
A cheerful reseeding annual for sandy soils and meadow mixes — yellow daisies with a red-brown eye over a long spring-to-summer season. Self-sows freely where it is happy.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TX, WI
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)