NameThatPlant.net: Bidens aristosa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bidens aristosa FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens aristosa FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-009:

Bidens aristosa FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Ditch Daisy, Bearded Beggarticks, Midwestern Tickseed-sunflower, Tickseed Sunflower

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bidens aristosa FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens aristosa FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-009:
Bidens aristosa FAMILY Asteraceae

1914

Forb
Annual

Habitat: marshes, wet meadows, ditches, bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple: usually laciniately (raggedly) pinnatisect (pinnately cleft to the midrib)
Opposite
Petioles 1-3cm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter or styliferous & sterile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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