Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Showy Bur-marigold at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
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 (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens laevis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
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
Habitat: marshes, stream banks, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in 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
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins usually coarsely dentate to serrate, sometimes ciliate
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!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p120
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p170
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p330
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p473
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p297
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p107
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p126
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p061
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p279
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