Bidens discoidea

Bidens discoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Coreopsidinae
Genus: Bidens
Species: B. discoidea
Binomial name
Bidens discoidea
(Torr. & A.Gray) Britton
Synonyms[1]
  • Bidens tenerrima Greene ex Sherff
  • Coreopsis discoidea Torr. & A.Gray

Bidens discoidea (small beggarticks)[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is widespread across eastern Canada and the eastern and central United States, from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas.[3]

Bidens discoidea is an annual herb up to 180 cm (72 inches) tall. It produces as many as 3 flower heads containing orange disc florets but no ray florets. The species grows in marshes and other wet sites.[4][5]

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