Leptosyne calliopsidea is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name leafstem tickseed. It is endemic to California. The plant grows in some of the southern coastal mountain ranges and Transverse Ranges and the Mojave Desert from Alameda and Inyo Counties south to Riverside County.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Leafy stemmed coreopsis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Leptosyne californica
- Leptosyne bigelovii
- Leptosyne stillmanii
- Monolopia lanceolata
- Madia radiata
- Boeberastrum anthemidifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Leptosyne
- Species
- Leptosyne calliopsidea
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