Bidens heterosperma

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Bidens heterosperma
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens
Species:
B. heterosperma
Binomial name
Bidens heterosperma

Bidens heterosperma, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain beggarticks, is an annual or perennial, herbaceous, flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, tribe Coreopsideae. It is native to northwestern and north-central Mexico, and portions of the southwestern United States.

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Description

Bidens heterosperma is an annual or perennial, herbaceous, flowering plant that grows between 5 to 60 cm (2.0 to 23.6 in) tall. The leaves are opposite, and are attached to petioles that are between 0.3 to 2 cm long; The leaf blades are once or twice pinnately divided, the terminal lobe is linear or filiform and is between 0.2 to 2.5 cm long by 0.5 to 2 cm wide; the leaves sometimes have small, hair-like protrusions on the margins; It usually produces flower heads one at a time on peduncles 1-10 cm long in groups of 5-6. The involucres are cylindric. There are 5-6 lanceolate to lance-elliptic phyllaries. There are 0-3 ray florets with yellow petals, and 5-13 disk florets with yellow corollas. [3] [4]

The plant flowers from September to October. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Bidens heterosperma is native to Mexico (the states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora) and portions of the Southwestern United States (the states of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico). [3] [5]

Habitat

The plant typically grows on seeps on rocky slopes at elevations of 1,500 to 2,800 m (4,900 to 9,200 ft) from sea level. [3]

Conservation

As of December 2024, the conversation organization NatureServe listed Bidens heterosperma as Secure (G5) worldwide. Individual states have not been ranked. This status was last reviewed on 2 June 1993. [1]

Taxonomy

Bidens heterosperma was first named by Asa Gray in 1853 in the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, volume 5 journal. The species has no listed synonyms in Plants of the World Online, World Flora Online, and Tropicos databases. [6] [7] [2]

Etymology

According to SEINet, the species epithet heterosperma means "different seed". In English, the species is commonly called the Rocky Mountain Beggerticks. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bidens heterosperma | NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Tropicos | Name - Bidens heterosperma". Tropicos. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bidens heterosperma - FNA". Flora of North America. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. "Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(6): 90–91. 1853". Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 5: 90–91. 1853 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. "Bidens heterosperma A.Gray | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  7. "Bidens heterosperma A.Gray". The World Flora Online. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  8. "SEINet Portal Network - Bidens heterosperma". swbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.