Tickseed

Coreopsis species are used as nector and pollen for insects. The species is known to specifically provide food to caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species. In this Mid-Atlantic region insects as bees, hover flies, wasps are observed visiting the flowers.

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Tickseed (also tick-seed and tick seed) is a common name for seeds of several plants that stick to fur, clothing, or other surfaces when the plant is brushed against. The term may refer to any such seed in general, but more specifically to:

• Bidens
• Coreopsis
• Corispermum
• Desmodium