Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Bidens laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-001:
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens laevis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens nashii
COMMON NAME:
Showy Bur-marigold, Smooth Beggarticks
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bila_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bila_006_lvd
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_7197c
October Sumter County SC
Sparkleberry Swamp
Opposite, sessile, undivided 2-6" leaves distinguish it from other Bidens, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Bidens laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-001:
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens laevis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens nashii
2886
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Habitat: marshes, stream banks, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins usually coarsely dentate to serrate, sometimes ciliate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter or styliferous & sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p120
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p170
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p330
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p297
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p107
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p126
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p279