Tickseed (Coreopsis palmata)
According to the Missouri Botanical Garden: Easily grown in dry to medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun. Thrives in poor, sandy or rocky soils with good drainage. Tolerant of heat, humidity and drought. Spreads by rhizomes and self-seeding, and in optimum growing conditions will naturalize to form large colonies.
There is a patch of tickseed growing at the top of the first hill along our road out. That spot definitely qualifies as open and rocky.
Plants in the genus coreopsis are often commonly called tickseed in reference to the resemblance of the seeds to ticks.
(A couple of Tumbling Flower Beetles included at no extra charge.)
See also: Missouri Plants
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