Coreopsis (2 Gallon Container)
"Coreopsis common names include tickseed and calliopsis) is a genus of
herbs in the family Asteraceae. This group of plants is related to
sunflower. The plants may be from one and a half feet to four feet (46
to 120 centimeters) high. The flat fruits are small and dry and look like
bugs. Many of its 35 to 114 species are cultivated. Twenty-eight
species are native to North America and the others come from Central
and South America. The flowers are usually yellow with a toothed tip.
They have showy flower heads with involucral bracts in two distinct
series of eight each, the outer being commonly connate at the base. The
name Coreopsis is derived from the Greek words κορις (koris),
meaning "bedbug," and ὄψις (opsis), meaning "view," referring to the
shape of the achene."