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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens cernua
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Nodding Beggarticks at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens cernua
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Bidens cernua
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-002:
Bidens cernua FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens cernua
COMMON NAME:
Nodding Bur-marigold, Nodding Beggarticks
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bice_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bice_008_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120920_003
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
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JK Marlow jkm120920_009
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
6-8 ray flowers to 0.6" long, or none. Disk yellow, hemispheric, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120920_011
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
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JK Marlow jkm120920_014
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Leaves sessile and sometimes connate at the base, usually toothed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120920_020
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
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JK Marlow jkm120920_022
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Lvs sessile, lance-linear to lance-ovate, coarsely serrate to almost entire, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120920_025
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Outer involucral bracts leafy, typically surpassing the disk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Bidens and Coreopsis
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bidens cernua
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens cernua
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Bidens cernua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-002:
Bidens cernua
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens cernua
3392
Forb
Annual
Habitat: marshes, wet meadows, bogs, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (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 entire, 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!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p297
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p126
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p279
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p328
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p195
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