Bidens mitis

smallfruit beggarticks, coastal plain tickseed sunflower
Family

Asteraceae

Leaf Arrangement

opposite

Leaf Attachment

petiolate

Leaf Type

compound, odd-pinnate

Growth Form

forb

Flower Color

yellow

Flower Petals

8

Flower Month

May - October

Height (meters)

0.3 - 1.2

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Unarmed

Origin

native

Lifespan

annual


Wetland Class

OBL

Field Characters

Leaves 5-, 7-, and 9-parted, simple below, rays present. Achene smoothed edges. Most leaves compound. Highly variable in form.

Habitat

Brackish freshwater marshes, swamps, and other wet places.