Bidens lemmonii
Species of flowering plant
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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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 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]
