''Bidens bidentoides'' is an uncommon
North America
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n
species of
flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae. It is native to the northeastern and east-central parts of the
United States, the coastal plain of the States of
Maryland,
Delaware,
Pennsylvania, and
New Jersey plus the region around the
Hudson River estuary in
New York
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. Common name is Delmarva beggar-ticks, in reference to the
Delmarva Peninsula in
Delaware, eastern
Maryland, and eastern
Virginia.
''Bidens bidentoides'' is an annual herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It usually produces
flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
one at a time, the heads containing both
disc florets and
ray florets. The species grows along the banks of streams and estuaries.
Flora of North America, ''Bidens bidentoides'' (Nutt.) Britton
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References
External links
Friends for the Abbott Marshlands, Aree estuarine beggar-ticksBob Cunningham , all galleries >> Threatened and endangered plants in NJ > Bidens bidentoides- Estuary Beggar Ticks
bidentoides
Flora of the Eastern United States
Plants described in 1841
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