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Asteraceae

Vancouver Island beggarticks

Bidens amplissima Greene

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Bidens

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Vancouver Island beggarticks: Bidens amplissima, June 2022, Vancouver BC
Photo: MeganPawluk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Vancouver Island beggarticks

Synonyms

  • Bidens cernua var. elata Torr. & A.Gray
  • Bidens elata Sherff

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.