Bidens heterodoxa

Bidens heterodoxa, the Connecticut beggarticks,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern Canada (Québec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) and the northeastern United States (Connecticut).[3][4][5][6]

Bidens heterodoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens
Species:
B. heterodoxa
Binomial name
Bidens heterodoxa
Synonyms[1]
  • Bidens heterodoxa var. agnostica Fernald
  • Bidens heterodoxa var. atheistica Fernald
  • Bidens heterodoxa var. monardifolia Fernald
  • Bidens heterodoxa var. orthodoxa Fernald & H.St.John
  • Bidens infirma Fernald
  • Bidens tripartita var. heterodoxa Fernald
  • Bidens tripartita f. infirma (Fernald) B.Boivin

Bidens heterodoxa is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. It produces as many as 3 flower heads containing yellow disc florets but usually no ray florets (occasionally 1, 2, or 3). The species grows mostly along the banks of estuaries and coastal salt marshes.[7]

References
  1. The Plant List, Bidens heterodoxa Fernald & H.St.John
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bidens heterodoxa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Fernald, Merritt Lyndon & St. John, Harold 1915. Rhodora 17(193): 23-24
  5. Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1932. Rhodora 34:116-117
  6. Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1913. Rhodora 15(172): 76
  7. Flora of North America, Bident différent, Bidens heterodoxa (Fernald) Fernald & H. St. John


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