Bidens pilosa |
Bidens discoidea |
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bident poilu, cobbler's pegs, common beggar-ticks, hairy beggar-ticks, Spanish needle |
bident discoïde, discoid beggarticks, small beggar-ticks, swamp beggar-ticks |
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Habit | Annuals [perennials], (10–)30–60(–180+)[–250] cm. | Annuals, (10–)20–60(–180) cm. |
Leaves | petioles 10–30(–70) mm; blades either ovate to lanceolate, 30–70(–120) × 12–18(–45) mm, or 1-pinnately lobed, primary lobes 3–7, ovate to lanceolate [linear], (10–)25–80+ × (5–)10–40+ mm [blades 2(–3)-pinnatisect], bases truncate to cuneate, ultimate margins serrate or entire, usually ciliate, apices acute to attenuate, faces pilosulous to sparsely hirtellous or glabrate. |
petioles 10–40(–60) mm; blades deltate to lance-ovate overall, 30–80(–100+) × 10–30(–80+) mm, usually 3-foliolate, leaflets petiolulate, lance-ovate to lanceolate, (10–)20–50(–100) × 5–20(–40) mm, bases cuneate, ultimate margins usually serrate, sometimes ciliate, apices acuminate to attenuate, faces glabrous or hirtellous. |
Peduncles | 10–20(–90) mm. |
10–20(–50+) mm. |
Involucres | turbinate to campanulate, 5–6 × (6–)7–8 mm. |
± hemispheric, 4–5(–7) × 4–6(–9) mm. |
Ray florets | 0 or (3–)5–8+; laminae whitish to pinkish [yellowish], 2–3 or 7–15+ mm. |
0. |
Disc florets | 20–40(–80+); corollas yellowish, (2–)3–5 mm. |
(10–)15–20+; corollas ± orange, 1.5–2 mm. |
Phyllaries | (7–)8–9(–13), lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4–6 mm. |
5–7, oblong to lanceolate, 4–6+ mm. |
Calyculi | (6–)7–9(–13) ± appressed, spatulate to linear bractlets (3–)4–5 mm, margins ciliate, abaxial faces usually hispidulous to puberulent. |
of (3–)4(–5+) ± appressed, spatulate to linear, seldom foliaceous bractlets or bracts (3–)12–25 mm, margins seldom ciliate, abaxial faces usually glabrous. |
Heads | usually borne singly, sometimes in open, ± corymbiform arrays. |
usually borne singly, sometimes in 2s or 3s. |
Cypselae | outer red-brown, ± flat, linear to narrowly cuneate, (3–)4–5+ mm, margins antrorsely hispidulous, apices ± truncate or somewhat attenuate, faces obscurely 2-grooved, sometimes tuberculate-hispidulous; inner blackish, ± equally 4-angled, linear-fusiform, 7–16 mm, margins antrorsely hispidulous, apices ± attenuate, faces 2-grooved, tuberculate-hispidulous to sparsely strigillose; pappi 0, or of 2–3(–5), erect to divergent, retrorsely barbed awns (0.5–)2–4 mm. |
blackish to red-brown or stramineous, ± flattened, linear to narrowly cuneate, outer 3–5 mm, inner 4–6+ mm, margins not distinctly ciliate, apices ± truncate to concave, faces ± tuberculate, antrorsely strigillose; pappi of 2 ± erect, antrorsely barbed or smooth awns (0.2–)1–2.4 mm. |
2n | = 24, 36, 48, 72. |
= 24. |
Bidens pilosa |
Bidens discoidea |
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Phenology | Flowering year round. | Flowering Aug–Oct(–Nov). |
Habitat | Disturbed, wettish sites | Ponds, swamps, other relatively wet sites |
Elevation | 10–1900 m (0–6200 ft) | 10–300 m (0–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AZ; CA; CT; FL; GA; KY; LA; MA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NM; PA; SC; TX; ON; QC; Mexico; Central America [Introduced, Europe]
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NS; ON; QC
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Discussion | R. Ballard (1986) adopted a narrower circumscription of Bidens pilosa than that used here. He used: B. pilosa for plants with outer phyllaries 7–10, ray florets usually 0 (when present, laminae 2–3 mm), disc florets 35–75, pappi of 3(–5) awns 1–3 mm, and 2n = 72; B. alba for plants with outer phyllaries (8–)12(–16), ray florets 5–8 (laminae 5–16 mm), pappi of 2 awns 1–2 mm, and 2n = 48; and B. odorata for plants with outer phyllaries (6–)8(–12), ray florets 5–8 (laminae 3–18 mm), disc florets 12–61, pappi 0, or of 1–2 awns 1–3 mm, and 2n = 24. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Bidens discoidea is not nearly as variable morphologically as the closely related B. vulgata or B. frondosa. It differs from B. frondosa in having smaller heads, cypselae with shorter, antrorsely barbed awns, fewer phyllaries and flowers per head, sparse indument, and leaves with fewer, more acuminate leaflets. Both B. discoidea and B. frondosa differ from B. vulgata in texture of flowers, in heads, and in shapes and surfaces of cypselae (M. L. Roberts 1982, 1983; M. G. Hickler 1999). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 211. | FNA vol. 21, p. 211. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Bidens | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Bidens |
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Synonyms | B. alba, B. alba var. radiata, B. odorata, B. pilosa var. radiata | Coreopsis discoidea |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 832. (1753) | (Torrey & A. Gray) Britton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 281. (1893) |
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