Plains Coreopsis   New
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 18th September 2025 using Apple iPhone 12 mini Fact File

Plains Coreopsis.
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Local Names: 		Coreopsis tinctoria.
Asterales.
Asteraceae.
Annual forb. 
Garden Tickseed.
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 Disturbed areas such as roadsides and cultivated fields.
30 - 100 cms.
Mid Summer.
The Zuni people used blossoms of the tinctoria variety to make a mahogany red dye for yarn, and, until the introduction of coffee by traders, to make a hot beverage.  Women also used an infusion of the whole plant of this variety, except for the root, if they desired a female child.