Coreopsis petrophila is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the States of Jalisco, Durango, Nayarit, and Guerrero in western Mexico.Gray, Asa & Sereno Watson. 1887. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 22(2): 428–429 description in Latin, commentary in EnglishTropicos, specimen listing for Coreopsis petrophila A. Gray & S. Watson
Coreopsis petrophila is a branching subshrub, growing largely on rocky slopes. Leaves are pinnately lobed with narrow lobes. Each major branch has a group of small yellow flower heads, each with both ray florets and disc florets.
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Jalisco in 1886, isotype of Coreopsis petrophila