Bidens leptocephala
| Bidens leptocephala | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Coreopsidinae |
| Genus: | Bidens |
| Species: | B. leptocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Bidens leptocephala Sherff | |
Bidens leptocephala (fewflower beggarticks)[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. 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]
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
- ↑ "Bidens leptocephala". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- 1 2 Flora of North America, Bidens leptocephala Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 64: 22. 1917
- ↑ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Bidens leptocephala Sherff description, photos, distribution map
- ↑ Sherff, Earl Edward 1917. Botanical Gazette 64(1): 22–23. description in Latin, commentary in English
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