nodding bur marigold

(Bidens cernua)

Conservation Status
nodding bur marigold
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

N5? - Secure

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
  Midwest

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
           
 
Description
 
 

The leaves are simple, toothed, stalkless, joined at the base.

There are 7–10 leafy bracts below each flower head. The flower heads usually have 8 short ray florets but these ray florets may be missing. They are erect at first but nod when they age.

 
     
 

Height

 
 

4 to 40

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

Yellow ray florets, yellow disk florets

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
 

 

 
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Wet. Meadows, marshes, swamps, bogs, river banks, roadside ditches. Full to partial sun.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

August to October

 
     
 

Pests and Diseases

 
 

 

 
     
 
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Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30.

 
  5/18/2023      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Asteranae  
 

Order

Asterales (sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)  
 

Family

Asteraceae (sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)  
  Subfamily Asteroideae  
  Supertribe Helianthodae  
  Tribe Coreopsideae (coreopsis and allies)  
  Genus Bidens (beggarticks)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

 

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Bidens cernua var. dentata

Bidens cernua var. elliptica

Bidens cernua var. integra

Bidens cernua var. minima

Bidens cernua var. oligodonta

Bidens cernua var. radiata

Bidens filamentosa

Bidens glaucescens

Bidens gracilenta

Bidens minima

Bidens prionophylla

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

bur marigold

nodding beggartick

nodding beggarticks

nodding bur marigold

nodding burmarigold

nodding burr-marigold

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Flower Head

 
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  Bidens cernua (Nodding Beggar-ticks)
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  Kirk Nelson
9/28/2019

Location: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Long Meadow Lake Unit

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9/8/2018

Location: Cass County

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