COREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA 
Coreopsis — bug like, from the seed; 
grandifiora— large flowered 
English names : Coreopsis ; Tick-seed 
Family : Compositae 
Country of origin : America 
Colour : 
Garden use : 
Propagation : 
yellow with brown centre. 
a perennial plant for beds and 
borders, useful as a cut flower. 
This belongs to the same 
family as the Aster, and the 
‘flowers’ are really inflores- 
cences, or heads of small 
flowers closely packed together. 
by division. 
B, a flower head in face view, showing the disc 
and ray florets. 
C, a flower head from the back, showing the 
green basal bracts subtending the head. 
D, a longitudinal section of a flower head, 
showing the disc and ray florets. 
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