- Bloom Time: June – Aug.
- Bloom Color: Yellow
- Height: 24 inches
- Sun: Full to partial
- Soil: Medium
Coreopsis palmata
Caterpillar food for:
Wavy-Lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata)
Butterfly food for:
buckeye (Junonia coenia), viceroy (Limenitis archippus), eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas), spring azure (Celastrina ladon), pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos), orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme), american copper (Lycaena phlaeas), red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Attracts these pollinators:
coreopsis miner bee (Melissoides coreopsis), small carpenter bees (Ceratina spp.), leafcutter bees (Megachile spp.), small resin bees (Heriades spp.), cuckoo bees (Coelioxys spp.), long-horned bees (Melissodes spp.)
More information: Minnesota Wildflowers
Photo credit: Jim Pisarowicz, public domain