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COREOPSIS: FLORIDA’S STATE WILDFLOWER WILL DRIVE YOU WILD

Spring has sprung and Florida wildflowers are popping up along roadsides everywhere. Our state wildflower, coreopsis (or tickseed), boasts 15 drought-tolerant species, and one species (Coreopsis floridana) is only found here—nowhere else on the planet. Why the name tickseed? Because the hook-like seed tips can loosen and affix to animals,…

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