Biology:Bidens heterosperma

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Bidens heterosperma
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens
Species:
B. heterosperma
Binomial name
Bidens heterosperma
A.Gray

Bidens heterosperma, the Rocky Mountain beggarticks,[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern and north-central Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora) and the southeastern United States (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona).[2][3]

Bidens heterosperma is an annual herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. It usually produces flower heads one at a time, each containing both yellow disc florets and yellow ray florets. The species usually grows in wet seeps on mountain slopes.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15591229 entry