Beggar Ticks

Bidens connata

''Bidens connata'', the purplestem beggarticks or London bur-marigold, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is widespread across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America, and naturalized in Australia and on certain Pacific Islands.
Bidens connata (Purple-stem Beggarticks) Growing in shallow standing water in alder thicket at the edge of a tamarack-black spruce swamp. Mucky substrate. Asteraceae,Bidens connata,Geotagged,Purple-stem Beggarticks,Summer,United States

Appearance

''Bidens connata'' is an annual herb up to 200 cm tall. It produces as many as 3 yellow flower heads containing both disc florets and ray florets. The species grows in marshes and other wet sites.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusBidens
SpeciesB. connata
Photographed in
United States of America