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Smallfruit Beggarticks

Bidens mitis

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 Mississippi.January 15, February 15, March 15, April 27, May 16, June 11, July 9, August 9, September 12, October 32, November 14, December 11.
United States1,619
Mississippi172
Alabama166
Georgia114
Louisiana86
South Carolina27
North Carolina12
Virginia4
Maryland4
Delaware2

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Smallfruit Beggarticks with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.