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Photographer: Gary Fewless
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Family Asteraceae
Bidens discoidea (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton
few-bracted beggar-ticks, swamp beggar-ticks
Bidens: derived from Latin bis, "twice," and dens, "tooth," hence meaning "2-toothed" and referring to the bristles on the achenes
discoidea: without rays, discoid
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 12"-32" tall, smooth forb |
| Flower: | head with a brownish to green disk 1/8"-1/3" wide, mostly without rays, 3-5 leafy bracts usually longer than the disk; inflorescence of several small heads; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Fruit: | 2- bristly awns with short hairs and serrated edges |
| Leaf: | thin, 3-parted with lance-like, pointed, toothed leaflets on 1/4" - 2 1/3" long stalks |
| Habitat: | wet |
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