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Bigelow's beggarticks

Bidens bigelovii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 9, February 9, March 10, April 19, May 11, June 6, July 5, August 5, September 6, October 8, November 8, December 8.
United States247
Texas102
Arizona65
New Mexico58
Mexico40
Colorado16
Mexico5
Aguascalientes4
Michoacan de Ocampo3
Baja California Sur2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusBeggarticks · Bidens

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Bigelow's beggarticks with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.