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Bidens lemmonii

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Bidens lemmonii

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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 (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

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