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Connecticut beggarticks

Bidens heterodoxa

Also called Connecticut Beggar Ticks

Connecticut beggarticks is a small annual wildflower native to coastal eastern Canada and the northeastern US, growing up to about 50 cm tall. It thrives in wet, tidal soils along estuary banks and salt marshes.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, as it naturally grows in wet estuary and marsh margins.
Soil
Moist, fertile, preferably sandy or loamy soil with good drainage; tolerates some salinity.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; protect from hard frost, which ends the annual life cycle.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Is. off E. Canada to NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Bidens heterodoxa, the Connecticut 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 (Connecticut).

Bidens heterodoxa is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 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

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bidens heterodoxa 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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