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Bidens

beggar's ticks

Other common names
bur marigold
pitchforks
see morestick-tight
stickweed
tickseed
Spanish needles
Botanical details
Family
Asteraceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Bidens

Genus description

Bidens can be annuals, perennials or deciduous shrubs, with opposite, simple or pinnately-divided leaves and daisy-like or disc-like flowerheads in summer

Name status

Correct

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