Bidens lemmonii

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens
Species:
B. lemmonii
Binomial name
Bidens lemmonii

Bidens lemmonii (Lemmon's beggarticks)[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico)[3] and Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Baja California, Baja California Sur).[4]

Bidens lemmonii is an annual herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. It produces flower heads sometimes one at a time, sometimes in a group of several, each containing yellow disc florets and (usually) white ray florets. The species grows in wet seeps on rocky mountainsides.[5]

The species is named for John Gill Lemmon (1831 or 32-1908), husband of American botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon (1836–1923).[6]

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bidens lemmonii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Consortium of Intermountain Herbaria, Bidens lemmonii A. Gray description, photos, distribution map
  5. Flora of North America, Bidens lemmonii A.Gray
  6. Gray, Asa 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 297


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