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Bidens tripartita

(synonym of Bidens connata)

three-lobed beggars-ticks
Ray florets

usually 0, rarely 5–8;

rays 5–14 mm, yellow.
Disc florets

10–100+;

corollas yellow or orange, 3–5 mm.
Fruits

obovate or wedge-shaped, 3–10 mm; flat or 3–4-angled, glabrous or minutely hirsute, pappi of 2–4 retrorsely barbed awns, 1–3(6) mm.
4–5+, usually erect, sometimes spreading and foliaceous, margins entire or setose proximally; inner 5–10 mm, glabrous.

2n

=48.

Bidens tripartita
Distribution
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Discussion

Riverbanks, ponds, marshes, bogs, weedy sites. Flowering Aug–Oct. 0–700 m. Casc, Col, CR, Est, WV. CA, WA; north to AK, northeast to Quebec, east to Nova Scotia, southeast to GA, south to Mexico; Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe. Native.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 203
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
B. beckii, B. cernua, B. frondosa, B. tripartita, B. vulgata
Synonyms Bidens connata
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