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