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Asteraceae

Sea dahlia

Coreopsis maritima Hook.f.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Coreopsis

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Sea dahlia: Photographed at BioTrek . Contributed and © by Curtis Clark. Licensed as noted.
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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
بقية بحرية
arz
بقيه بحريه
English
Sea dahlia
Russian
Кореопсис приморский

Synonyms

  • Leptosyne maritima A.Gray
  • Tuckermannia maritima Nutt.

Flowers

In flower
February to May (from 148 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.