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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Asteraceae
Bidens frondosa L.
common beggar-ticks, devil's beggar-ticks
Bidens: derived from Latin bis, "twice," and dens, "tooth," hence meaning "2-toothed" and referring to the bristles on the achenes
frondosa: leafy
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 8"-48" tall, mostly smooth forb |
| Flower: | head with an orange to greenish-brown disk 1/3" wide, usually without rays, 5-9 leafy bracts usually longer than the disk; inflorescence a few long-stalked heads; blooms June-Oct. |
| Fruit: | flat, brown to black, often hairy with 2-barbed awns |
| Leaf: | stalked, 3-5 pinnately-divided into lance-like, toothed, pointed leaflets |
| Habitat: | wet to moist; disturbed areas |
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