Annual herb, strong and easily cultivated. Like enough sunshine, not cold. Much branched, leaves are opposite, secondary pinnate compound leaves, deeply lobed, lobes lanceolate, short pointed, margin coarsely, leaves wider than those of The great Coreopsis. The flowers are lingual, single and double, 3-5 cm in diameter, mostly yellow, golden, orange, red, achenes 1.8-2.5 cm in length, brown, hard, rough hairy, with a slender beak at the top. Spring flowering period June - August, summer flowering period September - October.