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Devil's Beggarticks
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Devil's Beggarticks

Bidens frondosa
In the United States: Native · also called common beggar-ticks, leafy beggarticks, bur marigold

Annual herb of moist disturbed sites and wetland margins that blooms late summer into fall. Provides nectar and pollen to honey bees during a period when other floral resources are often declining. Produces barbed seeds that readily attach to fur and clothing.

Nectarmedium
Pollenlow
Bloom (US) July–October
TypePerennial
Sunpartial

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