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]

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