OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bidens alba var. radiata   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens alba var. radiata   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Bidens pilosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Bidens pilosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Bidens alba var. radiata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-012:

Bidens pilosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bidens pilosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Beggarticks, Shepherd's Needles, White Beggarticks


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image of Bidens alba var. radiata, Hairy Beggarticks, Shepherd's Needles, White Beggarticks

JK Marlow    s070913_a

September    Beaufort County    SC

Leaves ternately to pinnately dissected, base rounded to cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Bidens alba var. radiata, Hairy Beggarticks, Shepherd's Needles, White Beggarticks

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbpilosa_41

November        

Ray florets white, 5-8, the ligule 5-16 mm long, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Bidens alba var. radiata, Hairy Beggarticks, Shepherd's Needles, White Beggarticks

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbpilosa_stjoe1

Month Unknown    Gulf County    FL

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bidens alba var. radiata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens alba var. radiata   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bidens pilosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Bidens pilosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Bidens alba var. radiata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-012:
Bidens pilosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bidens pilosa

 

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208

Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: adventive from the New World tropics

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple: mostly 1-pinnately lobed
Opposite
Margins serrate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Absent or White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter or styliferous & sterile

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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