Whorled tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata)

Family: Compositae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Coreopsis verticillata is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in) by 1 m (3ft 3in) at a fast rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 4. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid and neutral soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Edible flowers . — Edible flowers .

Habitat & North American Range

Open rocky dry woods, open pineland, margins of woods, pine savannahs and post oak savannahs. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)