Coreopsis (Greek, signifying bug-like, from the fruit). Including Calliopsis. Compositae. Tickseed. Annual or perennial herbs, flowering in summer or autumn, nearly all natives of eastern North America, some of them popular as flower-garden subjects. | Coreopsis (Greek, signifying bug-like, from the fruit). Including Calliopsis. Compositae. Tickseed. Annual or perennial herbs, flowering in summer or autumn, nearly all natives of eastern North America, some of them popular as flower-garden subjects. |