Common names include stiff tickseed, wedgeleaf coreopsis, prairie coreopsis, prairie tickseed, and finger coreopsis. Its common names include tall tickseed, tall coreopsis, and Atlantic coreopsis. The common names are whorled tickseed, whorled coreopsis, thread-leaved tickseed, thread leaf coreopsis, and pot-of-gold. Coreopsis verticillata is a North American species of tickseed in the sunflower family. A common name for Coreopsis is Tickseed. The moths are known to use species of "aster" and "tickseed" plants as hosts. Its common names are Woodland tickseed, showy tickseed, and beautiful tickseed. Common names given to members of the genus involve bugseed, tickseed, and tumbleweed. The common name is large-flowered tickseed. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants.