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Leptosyne bigelovii, known as Bigelow coreopsis or Bigelow's tickseed, is a small annual wildflower from California's deserts and coastal ranges. It is grown as a sunny, low-water wildflower in dry, well-drained spots.
Leptosyne bigelovii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy or sunflower family, Asteraceae, with the common names Bigelow coreopsis and Bigelow's tickseed. It is endemic to California.
The plant is known from the southern California Coast Ranges, southwestern Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, and the Mojave and Colorado deserts. It is widespread in a number of habitat types from Merced and Inyo Counties south to San Diego County.
This plant was eaten as a raw or cooked green vegetable by the native Kawaiisu and Tübatulabal peoples of California.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptosyne bigelovii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
