Bidens lemmonii (Lemmon's beggarticks) is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico) and Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Baja California, Baja California Sur).

Bidens lemmonii is an annual herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. It produces flower heads sometimes one at a time, sometimes in a group of several, each containing yellow disc florets and (usually) white ray florets. The species grows in wet seeps on rocky mountainsides.

Bidens lemmonii

The species is named for John Gill Lemmon (1831 or 32-1908), husband of American botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon (1836–1923).

Bidens lemmonii

References

External links

SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Bidens lemmonii A. Gray

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Flora of Arizona

Flora of New Mexico

Flora of Northwestern Mexico

Plants described in 1884

Taxa named by Asa Gray

Bidens lemmonii