Bidens tripartita

 

Bidens tripartita

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Bidens tripartita
Bidens tripartita1 eF.jpg
Conservation status

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Bidens
Species:
B. tripartita
Binomial name
Bidens tripartita
L.
Synonyms[1]

Bidens tripartita is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, commonly known as three-lobe beggartick,[2] three-part beggarticksleafy-bracted beggarticks or trifid bur-marigold. It is native to much of EurasiaNorth Africa, and North America, with naturalized populations in Australia and on some Pacific Islands.[3][4][5][6][7]

Subspecies + varieties[1]
  • Bidens tripartita subsp. bullatus (L.) Rouy
  • Bidens tripartita var. repens (D.Don) Sherff
  • Bidens tripartita subsp. tripartita
  • Bidens tripartita var. tripartita
Illustration circa 1905[8]
Infructescence ("fruiting head") and Achenes ("seeds")



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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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