Coreopsis

Mississippi State Wildflower

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Coreopsis

 Coreopsis auriculata; photo by BlueRidgeKitties on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / share alike)

Coreopsis

Mississippi designated coreopsis as the official state wildflower in 1991. Coreopsis (the common name is tickseed) is a group of 35 species of flowering plants. Twenty-eight species of coreopsis are native to North America and the others come from Central and South America. Coreopsis ranges in color from golden to pink.

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Images

Bee on pink coreopsis; photo by Kabilan Subramanian on Flickr (use permitted with attribution).

Bee on pink coreopsis

Golden coreopsis; photo by Kabilan Subramanian on Flickr (use permitted with attribution).

Coreopsis

Coreopsis; photo by David Midgley on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution/ no derivative works).

Coreopsis