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The Lobed tickseed (Coreopsis auriculata) belongs to Asteraceae (the Aster family). It is an evergreen perennial herb that is distributed in the east-central and southeastern United States. It grows in forests, shrublands, roadsides, and wastelands in temperate regions and is 30-45 cm tall. The leaves are ovate-elliptic to lanceolate and usually have a pair of small lateral leaflets. This is also why it is called "Mouse-ear tickseed". Yellow flower heads, about 5 cm in diameter, bloom at the tip of the flower scape from April to June. The tips of the ray florets are lobed. The fruit is a capsule about 3 mm long. Since it is not eaten by deer, it is used for planting in flower beds.
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