Bidens laevis
(Smooth Beggarticks)
Bidens laevis, Brazos Bend State Park, Ft. Bend Co. 6185
Bidens laevis, Brazos Bend State Park, Ft. Bend Co. 6198
Bidens laevis, Brazos Bend State Park, Ft. Bend Co. 6192
Bidens laevis, Brazos Bend State Park, Ft. Bend Co. 6202
| Scientific Name | Bidens laevis | USDA PLANTS Symbol | BILA |
| Common Name | Smooth Beggarticks | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 35711 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Wet soils in low places and shallow water, meadows, marshes, and stream banks; from sea level to 9,000 ft. Plant: Erect or prostrate (at base) annual or perennial 12 to 40 inches tall, smooth stems and leaves. Leaves: Opposite or whorled, lanceolate to elliptic, 2 to 4 inches long, sessile with coarsely serrate margins. Inflorescence: Solitary or open corymb-like arrays of showy yellow flowers 1-1/2 to 2-3/4 inches across on peduncles 3/4 to 2-3/8 inches long; 7 or 8 yellow rays and 60 to 100 yellow-orange disk florets; what appear to be narrow green phyllaries supporting the head are actually 5 to 9 bracteoles that are up 3/4-inch and mostly obscuring the actual phyllaries of which there are 8 to 12, ovate to lanceolate-oblong, yellow and often with orange to purplish tips. Blooming Period: August to October. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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