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Bidens polylepis
Also called Ozark Tickseed Sunflower, Tickseed Sunflower, Coreopsis Beggars' Ticks, Long Bracted Beggars' Ticks, Awnless Beggarticks, Bearded Beggarticks, Long Bracted Beggarticks
Bidens polylepis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to south-central Canada (Ontario) and to the eastern and central United States (from Michigan and New Jersey south and west to South Carolina, New Mexico, and Colorado).
Bidens polylepis is an annual herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It produces as many as 3 yellow flower heads per branch, each head containing both disc florets and ray florets. The species grows in marshes, flood plains, and disturbed sites.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bidens polylepis 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.
