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Smooth Beggarticks (Bidens laevis) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 Found mostly in the outer coastal plain in NC, B. laevis (also known as Showy Bur-marigold) grows around the edges of marshes, ponds, ditches, and other wet habitats. |
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Smooth Beggarticks (Bidens laevis) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 |
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Smooth Beggarticks (Bidens laevis) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 |
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Smooth Beggarticks (Bidens laevis) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 This plant is described in the literature as glabrous, however, some individuals are clearly at least sparsely to moderately pubescent. |
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Spanish Needles, Common Beggarticks, Romerillo (Bidens alba) Weedy roadside in Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2008 Uncommon in the NC coastal plain in disturbed areas. |
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Spanish Needles, Common Beggarticks, Romerillo (Bidens alba) Weedy roadside in Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2008 In FL, this plant is very common and is a popular nectar source for several species of butterflies. |
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Spanish Needles, Common Beggarticks, Romerillo (Bidens alba) Weedy roadside in Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2008 |
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Spanish Needles, Common Beggarticks, Romerillo (Bidens alba) Weedy roadside in Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2008 |
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Spanish Needles, Common Beggarticks, Romerillo (Bidens alba) Weedy roadside in Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2008 While this species is frequently referred to as "Spanish Needles", that common name is "officially" given to a different species of Bidens on the USDA Plants data page website, where B. alba is given the common name "Romerillo", which I've never heard in common usage. |
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Midwestern Ticksee-Sunflower, Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 Native to the midwestern US, this species is invasive and common across NC in wet ditches, edges, fields, and other open disturbed areas. |
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Midwestern Ticksee-Sunflower, Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
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Midwestern Ticksee-Sunflower, Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
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Midwestern Ticksee-Sunflower, Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
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Midwestern Ticksee-Sunflower, Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
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Midwestern Ticksee-Sunflower, Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
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Midwestern Ticksee-Sunflower, Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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