Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens mitis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coastal Plain Tickseed-sunflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens mitis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Bidens mitis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-008:
Bidens mitis FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens mitis var. leptophylla
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens mitis var. mitis
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Tickseed-sunflower, Smallfruit Beggarticks
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bimi_003_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_mitis
July
8-13 golden-yellow ray florets, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbidens_bearisland
September Colleton County SC
ACE Basin
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens mitis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens mitis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Bidens mitis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-008:
Bidens mitis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens mitis var. leptophylla
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens mitis var. mitis
2411
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Brackish marshes, fresh marshes, bogs (inland), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC-SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: usually laciniately (raggedly) pinnatisect (pinnately cleft to the midrib)
Opposite
Petioles 5-20(30)mm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter or styliferous & sterile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p126
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p061
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