Coreopsis auriculata (lobed tickseed or mouse-ear tickseed) is a North American plant species of the sunflower family. It is native to the southeastern and east-central United States, from Louisiana east to the Florida Panhandle and as far north as Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia.Coreopsis auriculata is a perennial growing from 10–30 cm (4-12 in) tall and sometimes to 60 cm (24 in). Pants with rounded yellow flower heads bloom in spring and early summer. They are often stoloniferous, forming ...