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Spanish Needle
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Spanish Needle

Bidens odorata
In the United States: Naturalized

Annual herb visited by honeybees for nectar and pollen from composite flower heads. Blooms through summer into fall in disturbed or cultivated areas; seeds disperse readily via barbed awns.

Nectarlow
Pollenlow
Bloom (US) May–October
Duration~4 months
TypePerennial
Sunfull

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