NODDING BEGGARTICKS

Class: Bidens cernua

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Annual

Other Names: Bur Marigold, Sticktight

Colour: Yellow

Height: 20 cm-1.5 m (8"-5')

Each Flower: 4 cm (1 1/2") across with 6-10 broad, ray-petals surrounding brownish-yellow disk; sometimes ray-petals absent; bracts on involucre greenish-yellow. Below each flower 6-7 green, out-curved, leaf-like bracts often irregular in length

Leaves: Opposite, long lance-shaped, and toothed; lower ones 13-15 cm (5-6") long, upper ones becoming more pointed and narrower. All stalkless.

Stems: Round, smooth above and slightly hairy below, branching into three flower-stems, which may again be three-branched

Blooming Period: July - September

Habitat: Roadside ditches and boggy areas

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