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Purplestem beggarticks

Bidens connata

Also called London Bur Marigold, Purple Stemmed Beggarticks, Connate Beggarticks, Purple Stemmed Swamp Beggarticks, Purple Stemmed Tickseed, Swamp Beggars' Ticks, Purple Stem Beggarticks

Purplestem beggarticks
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Bidens connata , the purplestem beggarticks or London bur-marigold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America, and naturalized in Australia and on certain Pacific Islands.

Bidens connata is an annual herb up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. It produces as many as 3 yellow flower heads containing both disc florets and ray florets. The species grows in marshes and other wet sites.

Other Bidens plants

Bidens acrifolia · Bidens acuticaulis · Romerillo · Kokolau · Vancouver Island beggarticks · Bearded beggarticks · Arizona beggarticks · Beck's water-marigold · Delmarva beggarticks · Bigelow's beggarticks · Spanish needles · Bidens cabopulmensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bidens connata 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.

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