North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Asteraceae > Bidens (beggarticks)
	Smooth Beggarticks (Bidens laevis) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 Found mostly in the outer coastal plain in NC, B. laevis (also known as Showy Bur-marigold) grows around the edges of marshes, ponds, ditches, and other wet habitats.
	Smooth Beggarticks (Bidens laevis) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006
	Smooth Beggarticks (Bidens laevis) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006
	Smooth Beggarticks (Bidens laevis) Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006 This plant is described in the literature as glabrous, however, some individuals are clearly at least sparsely to moderately pubescent.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.