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| Common Beggarticks (Hairy Beggarsticks) |
Scientific
Name - Bidens alba L. DC.
[Bidens pilosa L.] |
Family
- Compositae |
| Annual with smooth, erect to
spreading stems often rooting at lower nodes. First true
leaves on seedlings simple and long-stalked. Other leaves
opposite, stalked, with three to nine leaflets. Leaflets
with teeth on margins. Flowers with white rays, and yellow
centers, in stalked heads. Fruit 0.4 inch (1 cm) long
with two or three barbed awns at the top. Reproduces by
seed. Found in virtually all disturbed areas. Occurs from
North Carolina to south Florida and west to California.
Also found in the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South
America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. |
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