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bident à trois divisions, three-lobed beggar-ticks, three-lobed beggars-ticks, three-part beggarticks, threelobe beggarticks, tickseed

bident hyperboréal, estuary beggarticks, northern beggar-ticks

Habit Annuals, (5–)20–70(–200) cm. Annuals, (5–)10–30(–70+) cm.
Leaves

sessile or petioles 5–15(–35+) mm (± winged);

blades ± elliptic to ovate or lanceolate, 40–80(–150+) × 15–40(–60+) mm, sometimes laciniately 1-pinnatisect with 1–4+ lobes near bases, bases cuneate, margins entire or dentate to serrate, usually ciliate, apices acute to acuminate, faces glabrous or hirtellous.

sessile or petioles 5–25 mm (± winged);

blades oblanceolate to linear, 15–40(–100+) × (3–)6–10(–15+) mm, bases cuneate, margins entire or ± serrate, sometimes ciliate, apices rounded or obtuse to attenuate, faces glabrous.

Peduncles

10–40(–80) mm.

10–60 mm.

Involucres

campanulate to hemispheric or broader, (4–)5–7(–12) × (3–)6–12(–15+) mm.

usually ± campanulate to cylindric, sometimes ± hemispheric, 5–7(–9) × (4–)7–10 mm.

Ray florets

usually 0, sometimes 1–5;

laminae orange yellowish, 4–8 mm.

0 or 3–7;

laminae pale yellow, 4–12 mm.

Disc florets

(5–)20–60(–150+);

corollas pale yellow to orange, (2–)3–4 mm (gradually ampliate, anthers usually pale).

15–30(–60);

corollas yellow (often orange-tipped), 3–4 mm.

Phyllaries

(6–)7–8(–13), elliptic-ovate to lance-ovate, (4–)6–9(–12) mm.

6–8(–12), oblong, 6–11 mm (tips usually yellow, as are tips of paleae).

Calyculi

of (2–)6–7(–10) ± spreading, oblanceolate or lanceolate to linear, ± foliaceous bractlets or bracts 7–35(–60) mm, margins (entire or serrate) sometimes sparsely ciliate, abaxial faces hispidulous near bases, distally glabrous.

of 2–3(–9) erect, oblanceolate to lance-linear (± foliaceous) bractlets or bracts (6–)10–20(–75+) mm, margins usually ciliolate, abaxial faces glabrous.

Heads

borne singly or in 2s or 3s.

borne singly or in 2s or 3s.

Cypselae

blackish to purplish or brown, ± flattened, sometimes weakly 3(–4)-angled, usually cuneate to linear, outer (3–)6–7(–10) mm, inner (4–)6–9(–11) mm, margins proximally antrorsely to patently, distally retrorsely, barbed, apices ± truncate to concave, faces ± 1-nerved, usually smooth, seldom notably tuberculate, glabrous or sparsely strigillose;

pappi 0, or of (1–)3–3(–4+) ± erect to spreading, retrorsely barbed awns (0.2–)2–3(–6) mm.

blackish to olive, flattened, narrowly cuneate, outer 4–9 mm, inner 5–10 mm, margins retrorsely barbed, apices ± truncate to convex, faces ± 1-nerved, ± striate, glabrous;

pappi of (2–)3–4 ± erect, retrorsely barbed awns 2–5 mm.

2n

= 48.

Bidens tripartita

Bidens hyperborea

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct. Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Marshes and other wet sites Marshes, borders of estuaries
Elevation 10–1700 m (0–5600 ft) 0–10 m (0–0 ft)
Distribution
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AK; AL; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; QC; Europe; Asia; n Africa [Introduced in Pacific Islands, Australia]
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MA; ME; NH; NY; NB; NS; NU; ON; QC
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Discussion

Plants with cypsela mid-nerves strongly developed (cypselae more or less strongly 4-angled and, often, tuberculate) that are treated below as Bidens connata have been included in B. tripartita, perhaps rightly so. And some botanists have included (or advocated inclusion of) B. eatonii, B. heterodoxa, and/or B. infirma in B. tripartita, as well, perhaps rightly so.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 217. FNA vol. 21, p. 216.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Bidens Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Bidens
Sibling taxa
B. amplissima, B. aristosa, B. aurea, B. beckii, B. bidentoides, B. bigelovii, B. bipinnata, B. cernua, B. connata, B. discoidea, B. eatonii, B. frondosa, B. heterodoxa, B. heterosperma, B. hyperborea, B. laevis, B. lemmonii, B. leptocephala, B. mitis, B. pilosa, B. polylepis, B. tenuisecta, B. trichosperma, B. vulgata
B. amplissima, B. aristosa, B. aurea, B. beckii, B. bidentoides, B. bigelovii, B. bipinnata, B. cernua, B. connata, B. discoidea, B. eatonii, B. frondosa, B. heterodoxa, B. heterosperma, B. laevis, B. lemmonii, B. leptocephala, B. mitis, B. pilosa, B. polylepis, B. tenuisecta, B. trichosperma, B. tripartita, B. vulgata
Synonyms B. comosa B. hyperborea var. arcuans, B. hyperborea var. cathancensis, B. hyperborea var. colpophila, B. hyperborea var. gaspensis, B. hyperborea var. svensonii
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 831. (1753) Greene: Pittonia 4: 257. (1901)
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