Bidens heterodoxa

Bidens heterodoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Coreopsidinae
Genus:	Bidens
Species:	B. heterodoxa
Binomial name
Bidens heterodoxa Fernald
Synonyms[1]
Bidens heterodoxa var. agnostica Fernald Bidens heterodoxa var. atheistica Fernald Bidens heterodoxa var. monardifolia Fernald Bidens heterodoxa var. orthodoxa Fernald & H.St.John Bidens infirma Fernald Bidens tripartita var. heterodoxa Fernald Bidens tripartita f. infirma (Fernald) B.Boivin

Bidens heterodoxa (Connecticut beggarticks)^[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is native to eastern Canada (Québec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) and the northeastern United States (Connecticut).^[3][4][5][6]

Bidens heterodoxa is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. It produces as many as 3 flower heads containing yellow disc florets but usually no ray florets (occasionally 1, 2, or 3). The species grows mostly along the banks of estuaries and coastal salt marshes.^[7]

References

1. The Plant List, Bidens heterodoxa Fernald & H.St.John
2. "Bidens heterodoxa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
4. Fernald, Merritt Lyndon & St. John, Harold 1915. Rhodora 17(193): 23-24
5. Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1932. Rhodora 34:116-117
6. Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1913. Rhodora 15(172): 76
7. Flora of North America, Bident différent, Bidens heterodoxa (Fernald) Fernald & H. St. John

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