Coreopsis auriculata L.
Leavenworth’s tickseed, lobed tickseed
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6/4/2021 · Emelie Tolley’s, Highland Green, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm) 
6/4/2021 · Emelie Tolley’s, Highland Green, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm) 
6/4/2021 · Emelie Tolley’s, Highland Green, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 6 × 3½″ (14 × 9.4 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Coreopsis | From the Greek koris, “a bug,” and -opsis, indicating a resemblance, therefore meaning bug-like, referring to the achenes which look like ticks |
| Species | auriculata | Having ear-like structures |
Coreopsis auriculata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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