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Bidens aristosa
Also called Western Tickseed, Tickseed Sunflower, Midwestern Tickseed Sunflower, Swamp Marigold, Tickseed Beggarticks, Western Tickseed Sunflower, Long Bracted Beggarticks
Bidens aristosa, known by many common names such as bearded beggarticks, western tickseed, showy tickseed, long-bracted beggarticks, tickseed beggarticks, swamp marigold, and Yankee lice, is an herbaceous, annual plant in the Asteraceae family. It is native to the central United States, but has been introduced to the eastern United States, Canada, France, Great Britain, and India. It grows in marshes, meadows, pine forests and disturbed sites.
This species can be found from the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin), Canada (Ontario), France, Great Britain, and India.
Bidens acrifolia · Bidens acuticaulis · Romerillo · Kokolau · Vancouver Island beggarticks · Arizona beggarticks · Beck's water-marigold · Delmarva beggarticks · Bigelow's beggarticks · Spanish needles · Bidens cabopulmensis · Viper beggarticks
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bidens aristosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
