Sun sets over the Swamp Marigolds that fill the marsh and swamps in the fall here in Florida. This lake is surrounded by the golden colors of the yellow flower, so thick, you are unable to walk through them.
Swamp Marigold,
Bidens aristosa is a
North American species of plants in the
sunflower family. Common names include
bearded beggarticks,
[3] western tickseed,
[4] long-bracted beggarticks,
tickseed beggarticks,
swamp marigold, and
Yankee lice. It is native to eastern and central
United States and south-central
Canada, from
Maine south to
Florida and west as far as
Ontario,
Texas, and
Nebraska.
[5][6] It grows in
wet meadows and abandoned fields.
[7] Bidens aristosa is an annual herb occasionally reaching 150 cm (5 feet) in height. It has numerous yellow
flower heads with both
ray florets and
disc florets. Fruits are dry
achenes bearing barbs that get caught in fur or clothing, thus aiding in the plant's dispersal.
[5] The plant attracts native bees.
[7] References[
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- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ "Bidens aristosa". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bidens aristosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Strother, John L.; Weedon, Ronald R. (2006). "Bidens aristosa". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Bidens aristosa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ Jump up to:a b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidens_aristosa
