#lanceleaf coreopsis

[porchprairie]

My dry-site prairie basket is coming right along. These are all narrow-rooted species that love full sun and fast drainage

From top clockwise:

Lanceleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)

Palid coneflower (Echinacea pallida)

Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

Tall green milkweed (Asclepias hirtella)

Center, my new favorite, Illinois bundle flower (Desmanthus illinoiensis)

[vandaliatraveler]

Tibbs Run Preserve, Panel 3 of 3. Pollinators and predators, masters and mimics, these are the true caretakers of a summer garden, small miracles barely perceived at the scale of the obvious.

[mossmosss]

[heketian]

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

Coreopsis lanceolata...I think. It does like to grow in sand dunes, which is where I found it, and is native here, plus it’s just got that coreopsis feel, but the leaves don’t look quite right and I can’t find any pictures with coloration like this.

[porchprairie]

Lanceleaf coreopsis seedlings, grown from seeds I gathered from the parking lot at my work

The young leaves are purple on the underside & fade to green as they grow

[mossmosss]

[the-pasta-pack]

Lanceleaf Coreopsis getting visited by a teeny sweat bee.