page_title: Coreopsis
section_title: Uses
hierarchical_section_title: Coreopsis / Uses
caption_attribution_description: English: Coreopsis in Kansas
context_page_description: Coreopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants.
context_section_description: Coreopsis species are used as nectar and pollen for insects. The species is known to specifically provide food to  caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora acamtopappi. The sunny, summer blooming, daisy-like flowers are popular in gardens to attract butterflies.  Both annual and perennials types are grown in the home garden (USDA Hardiness Zone 7a/6b).  In this  Mid-Atlantic region insects as bees, hover flies, wasps are observed visiting the flowers.
  All Coreopsis species were designated the state wildflower of Florida in the United States in 1991.
  In the language of flowers, Coreopsis means to be always cheerful, while Coreopsis arkansa stands for love at first sight.
caption: Coreopsis, Kansas wildflower
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