Bidens heterodoxa, the Connecticut beggarticks, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern Canada (Québec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) and the northeastern United States (Connecticut).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapFernald, Merritt Lyndon & St. John, Harold 1915. Rhodora 17(193): 23-24Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1932. Rhodora 34:116-117Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1913. Rhodora 15(172): 76
Bidens heterodoxa is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. It produces as many as 3 flower heads containing yellow disc florets but usually no ray florets (occasionally 1, 2, or 3). The species grows mostly along the banks of estuaries and coastal salt marshes.Flora of North America, Bident différent, Bidens heterodoxa (Fernald) Fernald & H. St. John
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