Bidens hyperborea

Bidens hyperborea (common names estuary beggarticks,[3] northern beggar-ticks[4] or estuary bur-marigold)[5] is a coastal species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows along the coasts of Hudson Bay, the Arctic Ocean, and the North Atlantic Ocean in eastern Canada (Labrador,[6] Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia) and the northeastern United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York).[7]

Bidens hyperborea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens
Species:
B. hyperborea
Binomial name
Bidens hyperborea
Greene
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Bidens colpophila Fernald & H.St.John
  • Bidens hyperborea var. arcuans Fernald
  • Bidens hyperborea var. cathancensis Fernald
  • Bidens hyperborea var. colpophila Fernald
  • Bidens hyperborea var. gaspensis Fernald
  • Bidens hyperborea var. laurentiana Fassett
  • Bidens hyperborea var. svensonii Fassett

Bidens hyperborea is an annual herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It produces yellow flower heads sometimes one at a time, sometimes 2 or 3, each containing both disc florets and (usually) ray florets. The species grows in salt marshes and along the banks of marine estuaries.[8][9]

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