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<i>Bidens leptocephala</i>

Bidens leptocephala

Species of flowering plant

Bidens leptocephala, the fewflower beggarticks,[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas)[2] and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur).[3][4]

Quick Facts Bidens leptocephala, Scientific classification ...

Bidens leptocephala is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Flower heads are sometimes borne one at a time, sometimes in groups of 2 or 3, each head yellow or white with disc florets and sometimes with ray florets. The species usually grows on streambanks.[3][5]

References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bidens leptocephala". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. [2]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. [3]
    Flora of North America, Bidens leptocephala Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 64: 22. 1917
  4. [4]
    SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Bidens leptocephala Sherff description, photos, distribution map
  5. [5]
    Sherff, Earl Edward 1917. Botanical Gazette 64(1): 22–23. description in Latin, commentary in English

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