Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)

Family Asteraceae

 This flower is drought resistant and is widely attractive to pollen-collecting bees.

 The yellow center or disk flowers stand out distinctly from the ray flowers, which appear to be attached just below them. Ray flowers are 4-lobed.

 The yellow, daisy-like flowers occur singly atop long, naked peduncles.

 Below: this small yellow crab spider is well disguised amongst the petals.

 This USA native species has branching stems at base and often forms sizable colonies along roadsides and in old fields much like our Cosmos.

Identification by: http://www.ispot.org.za/