Stiff Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata
Stiff tickseed is a tough, rhizomatous prairie coreopsis with stiff three-lobed leaves and clean yellow daisies. Drought-proof and colony-forming for meadows and tough sites.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, WI