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Eaton's beggarticks

Bidens eatonii

Also called Eaton's Burr Marigold, Eaton's Beggar Ticks

Eaton's beggarticks
Photo: (c) simonpesant, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0

Eaton's beggarticks is a North American annual wildflower in the daisy family, native to eastern Canada and the northeastern US, usually found in damp coastal areas. It grows best in moist, sunny spots and is rarely grown as a garden or houseplant.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, as it naturally grows along wet estuary banks and salt marshes.
Soil
Moist, fertile garden soil; tolerates some salinity.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates cold winters as a seed-producing annual.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Canada to NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Bidens eatonii (Eaton's beggarticks) is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern Canada (Québec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) and the northeastern United States (Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey).

Bidens eatonii is an annual herb up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. It produces as many as 3 flower heads containing yellow disc florets but usually no ray florets (occasionally 1, 2, or 3). The species grows mostly along the banks of estuaries and coastal salt marshes.

Other Bidens plants

Devil's beggartick · Connecticut beggarticks · Estuary beggarticks · Bidens nudata · Hairy beggarticks · Manzanilla trepador · Big devils beggartick

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bidens eatonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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