Bidens bigelovii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens
Species:
B. bigelovii
Binomial name
Bidens bigelovii
A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Bidens bigelowii A.Gray
  • Bidens amphicarpa Sherff
  • Bidens duranginensis Sherff
  • Bidens oligocarpa Sherff

Bidens bigelovii (Bigelow's beggarticks)[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado)[3] and to Mexico as far south as Oaxaca.[4]

Bidens bigelovii is an annual herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. It sometimes produces only one flower head at a time, sometimes several, with both yellow disc florets and white ray florets. The species grows along streambanks and in other wet sites.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Bidens bigelovii A.Gray
  2. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bidens bigelovii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria D.F.
  5. ↑ Flora of North America, Bidens bigelovii A.Gray

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