Bidens laevis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Bidens
- Species
- Bidens laevis
- Scientific Name
- Bidens laevis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bidens laevis
Bidens laevis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names larger bur-marigold and smooth beggarticks. It is native to South America, Mexico, and the southern and eastern United States. It grows in wetlands, including estuaries and riverbanks.
Bidens laevis is similar in appearance to its relative Bidens cernua and the two are sometimes confused. This is an annual or perennial herb growing over 20 centimeters tall and sometimes much taller, exceeding one meter in height and sometimes approaching two. The narrow lance-shaped leaves are 5 to 15 centimeters long, with finely toothed edges and pointed tips. The inflorescence bears one or more flower heads which bend down as they become heavy with fruit after flowering. Each head has a center of yellow disc florets and a fringe of 7 or 8 yellow ray florets each up to 3 centimeters long. The fruit is a dry achene with sharp barbs that adhere to fur and clothing, thus helping the plant with seed dispersal.
...Bidens laevis in languages:
- Chinese
- 菊咲鬼針草
- English
- larger bur-marigold
- English
- Smooth Beggarticks
- Japanese
- キクザキセンダングサ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Bidens acrifolia
- Bidens acuticaulis
- Bidens aequisquama
- Bidens alba
- Bidens amplectens
- Bidens amplissima
- Bidens andicola
- Bidens andrei
- Bidens angustissima
- Bidens anthemoides
- Bidens anthriscoides
- Bidens aristosa
- Bidens asymmetrica
- Bidens aurea
- Bidens ballsii
- Bidens balsana
- Bidens barteri
- Bidens beckii
- Bidens bicolor
- Bidens bidentoides
- Bidens bigelovii
- Bidens bipinnata
- Bidens biternata
- Bidens borianiana
- Bidens brandegeei
- Bidens burundiensis
- Bidens cabopulmensis
- Bidens campylotheca
- Bidens cernua
- Bidens cervicata
- Bidens chiapensis
- Bidens chippii
- Bidens chrysanthemifolia
- Bidens clarendonensis
- Bidens clavata
- Bidens colimana
- Bidens comosa
- Bidens conjuncta
- Bidens connata
- Bidens cordylocarpa
- Bidens cornuta
- Bidens cosmoides
- Bidens cronquistii
- Bidens cynapiifolia
- Bidens deltoidea
- Bidens discoidea
- Bidens eatonii
- Bidens elgonensis
- Bidens engleri
- Bidens esmartinezii
- Bidens exigua
- Bidens fischeri
- Bidens forbesii
- Bidens frondosa
- Bidens gardneri
- Bidens gentryi
- Bidens gracillima
- Bidens gypsophila
- Bidens hassleriana
- Bidens hawaiensis
- Bidens hendersonensis
- Bidens henryi
- Bidens herzogii
- Bidens heterodoxa
- Bidens heterosperma
- Bidens hillebrandiana
- Bidens hintonii
- Bidens holwayi
- Bidens hyperborea
- Bidens insolita
- Bidens kamtschatica
- Bidens kilimandscharica
- Bidens kirkii
- Bidens laevis
- Bidens lemmonii
- Bidens leptocephala
- Bidens longistyla
- Bidens macrocarpa
- Bidens macroptera
- Bidens mandonii
- Bidens mannii
- Bidens mathewsii
- Bidens mauiensis
- Bidens maximowicziana
- Bidens melchertii
- Bidens menziesii
- Bidens mexicana
- Bidens micrantha
- Bidens microcephala
- Bidens minensis
- Bidens mitis
- Bidens mollifolia
- Bidens molokaiensis
- Bidens nana
- Bidens nudata
- Bidens oaxacana
- Bidens occidentalis
- Bidens ocellata
- Bidens odorata
- Bidens oerstediana
- Bidens oligantha
- Bidens oligoflora
- Bidens ostruthioides
- Bidens pachyloma
- Bidens parviflora
- Bidens pilosa
- Bidens pinnatipartita
- Bidens polycephala
- Bidens polylepis
- Bidens populifolia
- Bidens pringlei
- Bidens pseudalausensis
- Bidens pseudocosmos
- Bidens radiata
- Bidens reptans
- Bidens riparia
- Bidens rosemaniana
- Bidens rostrata
- Bidens rubicundula
- Bidens rubifolia
- Bidens ruyigiensis
- Bidens saltillensis
- Bidens sambucifolia
- Bidens sandvicensis
- Bidens schaffneri
- Bidens schimperi
- Bidens segetum
- Bidens serboana
- Bidens serrulata
- Bidens sharpii
- Bidens simplicifolia
- Bidens socorrensis
- Bidens steppia
- Bidens subalternans
- Bidens subspiralis
- Bidens tenera
- Bidens tenuisecta
- Bidens ternata
- Bidens torta
- Bidens trichosperma
- Bidens tripartita
- Bidens triplinervia
- Bidens uapensis
- Bidens ugandensis
- Bidens valida
- Bidens vulgata
- Bidens wiebkei
- Bidens woodii
- Bidens xanti
- Bidens × multiceps
- Bidens × polakii































































































































































