* Flowers golden, with 8 composite rays and a brown center, 1 1/2-2".
* Ray bases are brown and notched at the tip.
* Height: 1-3'.
* Habitat: Meadows; often planted in gardens.
* Range: Manitoba and Minnesota westward, spreading eastward.
* Native in the western United States, but escaped and now naturalized
in the eastern part of the country.
* Garden coreopsis is also called Calliopsis, which is Latin for "having
beautiful eyes." A red dye was once made from its petals.
* Over 21,000 species of herbs, wildflowers, and shrubs represent
the Composite family throughout the world.