OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens bipinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens bipinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Bidens bipinnata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-011:

Bidens bipinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bidens bipinnata

 

COMMON NAME:
Spanish Needles


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_bibi7_001_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_377

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0309e_01

September    Greenville County    SC

Ray flowers to 1cm long & 3mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm120910_638

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fern-like leaves are 2-3x pinnately dissected into irregular segments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Mugwort, Ragweed and Spanish Needles

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JK Marlow    jkm120910_646

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Achenes are linear and needle-like with 3-4 barbed awns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm120914_850

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm120914_854

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm130913_318

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Outer bracts green, 2-7mm long, very narrow; inner 4-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis

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JK Marlow    jkm180902_4428

September    Greenville County    SC

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Gill Newberry    gn10_b_bipinnata_head

October        

The heads are small and narrow, the disk about 0.2" wide at flowering, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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Gill Newberry    gn10_b_bipinnata_palnt

October        

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Gill Newberry    gn10_b_bipinnata_yngach

October        

Young achenes.

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JK Marlow    jkm131020_917

October    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm131020_917b

October    Spartanburg County    SC

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Keith Bradley    kab_bidens_bipinnata_9444

December    Richland County    SC

Sandhills Research and Education Center

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens bipinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens bipinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Bidens bipinnata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-011:
Bidens bipinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens bipinnata

 

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Forb
Annual

Habitat: floodplains, disturbed areas, gardens, fields, roadsides, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple: 2- or 3-pinnately dissected, the ultimate segments 2-10mm wide
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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