Bidens frondosa Linnaeus. Common name: Devil's Beggar-ticks. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Fields, pastures, wet meadows, swamp forests, ditches. Distribution: Nova Scotia and AK south to FL, TX, CA, and southward.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Fl7, FNA21, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Oh3, Ok, Pa, RAB, S, SE1, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, (basionym); > Bidens frondosa L. var. anomala Porter — F; > Bidens frondosa L. var. frondosa — F, Sherff & Alexander (1955)
Links to other floras: = Bidens frondosa - FNA21
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect annual of fields, pastures, wet meadows, swamp forests and ditches.
Stems: Stems branched in upper half, often purplish, mostly smooth.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, long-petiolate, 1 1/2-4 1/2 in. long, pinnately divided into 3-5 lance-shaped, sharply toothed leaflets that taper to a sharp point; softly hairy beneath.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) usually solitary, or in 2-3 stalked clusters; heads orange-yellow, 1/2-1 in. wide, consisting of tiny, orange-yellow, 5-lobed tubular disk florets (rarely also 1-3 yellow ray florets); 2 series of bracts--the inner brownish-green, erect and oval, and the outer long, leaf-like, and hairy edged--surround the round to bell-shaped base of each head.
Fruits: Fruit a flat, dark brown achene with 2 barbed awns.
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Height: 1-4 ft.
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description: Erect annual of fields, pastures, wet meadows, swamp forests and ditches.
stems: Stems branched in upper half, often purplish, mostly smooth.
leaves: Leaves opposite, long-petiolate, 1 1/2-4 1/2 in. long, pinnately divided into 3-5 lance-shaped, sharply toothed leaflets that taper to a sharp point; softly hairy beneath.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) usually solitary, or in 2-3 stalked clusters; heads orange-yellow, 1/2-1 in. wide, consisting of tiny, orange-yellow, 5-lobed tubular disk florets (rarely also 1-3 yellow ray florets); 2 series of bracts--the inner brownish-green, erect and oval, and the outer long, leaf-like, and hairy edged--surround the round to bell-shaped base of each head.
fruits: Fruit a flat, dark brown achene with 2 barbed awns.
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