Bidens bigelovii
Species of flowering plant
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Bidens bigelovii, commonly called Bigelow's beggarticks,[3] is an annual herbaceous flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado) and as far south as Oaxaca, Mexico.[4][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Bidens |
| Species: | B. bigelovii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bidens bigelovii A.Gray[2] | |
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Description
Bidens bigelovii is an annual herbaceous flowering plant that grows between 10 and 80 cm (3.9 and 31.5 in) tall. It usually flowers with just one bloom with around 13-25 yellow disc florets and sometimes up to five white ray florets. The leaves are 2.5 to 9 cm long by 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, and are attached to petioles 0.5-2.5 cm in length.[6]
Distribution and habitat
Conservation
As of November 2024[update], NatureServe listed Bidens bigelovii as Secure (G5) worldwide. In individual states within the United States, it is listed as Possibly Extirpated (SH) in Oklahoma, Vulnerable (S3) in Colorado, and No Status Rank (SNR) in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.[1]
Taxonomy
Bidens bigelovii was named by Asa Gray and first described in 1859 in the Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey.[2]
