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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bidens discoidea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens discoidea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bidens discoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Bidens discoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Bidens discoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Bidens discoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-006:
Bidens discoidea FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens discoidea
COMMON NAME:
Few-bracted Beggar-ticks, Small Beggarticks
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bidi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bidi_004_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bidens discoidea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens discoidea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bidens discoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Bidens discoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Bidens discoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Bidens discoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-006:
Bidens discoidea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens discoidea
4677
Forb
Annual
Habitat: floodplain forests, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets (usually)
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Orange-yellow
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p309
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p061
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p249
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