Bidens connata |
Bidens leptocephala |
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bident conné, purple-stem beggar-ticks, purplestem beggars-ticks, swamp beggar-ticks |
few-flower beggarticks |
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Habit | Annuals, (5–)25–150(–200) cm. | Annuals, 10–25(–50) cm. |
Leaves | sessile or petioles (± winged) 5–15(–35+) mm; blades ± elliptic to lanceolate, (20–)40–100(–200+) × 10–30(–70) mm, sometimes laciniately 1-pinnatisect with 1–4+ lobes near bases, bases cuneate, margins entire or dentate to serrate, usually ciliate, apices attenuate, faces glabrous or hirtellous. |
petioles 5–40 mm (usually hispido-ciliate); blades rounded-deltate overall, 15–50+ × 12–40+ mm, 1–2-pinnatisect, ultimate lobes ovate or lanceolate to linear, 3–25+ × (1–)2–3(–15) mm, bases ± cuneate, ultimate margins entire, ciliolate, apices acute to attenuate, faces glabrous or hirtellous. |
Peduncles | 10–35(–80) mm. |
(10–)30–80+ mm. |
Involucres | campanulate to hemispheric or broader, (4–)6–12 × (3–)6–9(–15+) mm. |
± cylindric, 2–3(–4+) × 1.5–2+ mm. |
Ray florets | usually 0, sometimes 1–5+; laminae yellowish, 4–8 mm. |
0 or 2–3; laminae yellowish or whitish, 1–3 mm. |
Disc florets | (5–)20–40(–60+); corollas pale yellow to orange, 2–3 mm (± abruptly ampliate, anthers usually dark, blackish). |
5–13; corollas yellowish to whitish, 1.5–2 mm. |
Phyllaries | (6–)8(–9), elliptic to oblong or ovate, (4–)5–6(–12) mm. |
4–5(–7), oblong to lanceolate, (2–)3–4+ mm. |
Calyculi | of 2–6+ spreading or ascending, lanceolate, linear, oblanceolate, oblong, or spatulate, ± foliaceous bractlets or bracts 10–25(–35+) mm, margins (entire or serrate) usually ciliate, abaxial faces hispidulous near bases, distally glabrous. |
of 3–4(–6) ± appressed, subulate to filiform bractlets 1–3 mm, margins ciliolate, abaxial faces usually glabrous. |
Heads | borne singly or in 2s or 3s. |
usually borne singly, sometimes in open, ± corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | blackish to purplish or brown, usually (at least inner) ± 4-angled, usually cuneate to linear, sometimes ± obpyramidal, outer (3–)4–7 mm, inner (4–)5–8 mm, margins proximally antrorsely to patently, distally retrorsely, barbed, apices ± truncate to concave, faces usually strongly 1-nerved, usually tuberculate, glabrous or setulose; pappi 0, or of (1–)2–4(–6), ± erect to spreading, antrorsely or retrorsely barbed awns (0.2–)2–5 mm. |
outer red-brown, flat or unequally 4-angled, linear, 6–8 mm, margins not ciliate, apices somewhat attenuate, faces obscurely 2-grooved, antrorsely hispidulous toward tips; inner similar, blackish (sometimes with pale tips), ± equally 4-angled, linear-fusiform, 9–14 mm, margins not ciliate, apices attenuate, faces 2-grooved, antrorsely hispidulous (at least distally); pappi of 2(–3), erect, retrorsely barbed awns 1–3 mm. |
2n | = 48. |
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Bidens connata |
Bidens leptocephala |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | Flowering Sep. |
Habitat | Marshes and other wet sites | Along streams |
Elevation | 10–1700 m (0–5600 ft) | 900–1800 m (3000–5900 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; VA; WI; WV; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; Europe; Asia; n Africa [Introduced in Pacific Islands, Australia]
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua)
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Discussion | Bidens connata may be better treated as part of B. tripartita. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 217. | FNA vol. 21, p. 209. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Bidens | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Bidens |
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Synonyms | B. connata var. ambiversa, B. connata var. anomala, B. connata var. fallax, B. connata var. gracilipes, B. connata var. inundata, B. connata var. petiolata, B. connata var. pinnata, B. connata var. submutica | |
Name authority | Muhlenberg ex Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 3: 1718. (1803) | Sherff: Bot. Gaz. 64: 22. (1917) |
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