Coreopsis
Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea Kellogg; giant coreopsis), a tall succulent shrub with showy yellow flowers, is found on all of the California Channel Islands. It is a member of the sunflower (Asteraceae) family, and it grows particularly around island perimeters on canyon walls and rocky bluffs, and in chaparral, coastal scrub and riparian woodland areas. Spring coreopsis displays attract island visitors.
Coreopsis is found on all eight California Channel Islands.
In the News~
November 27, 1921 [LAT]: “…There is a native to Southern California, the giant of the genus, though very few are familiar with it. It occurs sparingly on the Channel Islands, and is still more rare along the coast from San Luis Obispo to Santa Monica, and grows nowhere from the sea. It has a hard, half-woody barae stem, often three or four inches in diameter, and rarely more than four to six fee in height. The leaves and flowers are all borne in a tuft at the apex of the giant stalk. It is now known to science as Coreopsis gigantea, though for many years it was considered a Leptosyne.”
