Nodding Bur Marigold or    Nodding Beggar-ticks or Stick-tight

Nodding Bur Marigold or    Nodding Beggar-ticks or Stick-tight

Bidens cernua

Composite or Aster Family - Asteraceae

Flower heads ¾ to 1¼ inches wide with 6 to 8 yellow ray flowers (sometimes absent) and yellowish brown to dark brown disk flowers. Leaves elongated (up to 6 inches long), without stalks, opposite, and with or without marginal teeth. Stems often hairy. (Photographed – August)

An annual herb, often in dense stands in swamps or wet fields, with many flower heads that tend to nod as the flower ages.

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