Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens comosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Some authors lump this within the cosmopolitan species B. tripartita, which usually has 3-lobed leaves. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Closely related to, and sometimes included in, the Eurasian B. tripartita, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens tripartita
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bidens tripartita
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Bidens tripartita ssp. comosa
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Bidens tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-003:
Bidens tripartita FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens comosa
COMMON NAME:
Strawstem Beggarticks
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens comosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens tripartita
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bidens tripartita
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Bidens tripartita ssp. comosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Bidens tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-003:
Bidens tripartita
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens comosa
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