Bigelow's beggarticks is a small annual wildflower in the daisy family, typically 10 to 80 cm tall, with a single yellow flower head. It is a wild plant of stream banks and wet sites, not a commonly grown garden or houseplant.
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil moist while the plant is establishing, as it naturally grows along streams and wet sites.
Soil
Moist, well-drained soil; tolerates a range of types.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Arizona to Oklahoma and C. America
Climate
temperate
About
Bidens bigelovii, commonly called Bigelow's beggarticks, is an annual herbaceous flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado) and as far south as Oaxaca, Mexico.
Where it grows
Bidens bigelovii has been found in the United States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama. It typically grows along streams or other wet sites at elevations of 900–2000 metres from sea level.
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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.