...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Bidens polylepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens aristosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-70-010:
Bidens polylepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Ditch Daisy, Bur-marigold, Ozark Tickseed-sunflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_biar_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_biar_009_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0309u_2324
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm090907_011
September Greenville County SC
Outer involucral bracts curled and twisted, and longer than inner bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
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JK Marlow jkm120908_411
September Greenville County SC
12-21 calyculus bractlets [outer involucral bracts], these (6)8-12(20)mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_545
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_548
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves 1x-2x pinnately divided into lance-shaped, mostly toothed segments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_552
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Involucral bracts are in 2 series with outer bracts being green and undulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140917_805
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140917_827
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bidens_polylepis
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_polylepis_jr_1
September
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JK Marlow jkm0310a_32
October Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0310a_37
October Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm111005_724
October Greenville County SC
Bright yellow rays are 1" or more long and surround a 1/2" disk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm111005_729
October Greenville County SC
There are 12 or more outer involucral bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow s031102_a
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
Fruits: Achenes; pappus of usually 2 barbed awns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.