Asteraceae
Smooth beggartick
Bidens laevis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Bidens
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Smooth beggartick
- Japanese
- キクザキセンダングサ
Synonyms
- Bidens chrysanthemoides Michx.
- Bidens chrysanthemoides var. chrysanthemoides
- Bidens chrysanthemoides var. nashii (Small) Jeps.
- Bidens elegans Greene
- Bidens expansa Greene
- Bidens formosa Greene
- Bidens helianthoides Kunth
- Bidens lugens Greene
- Bidens nashii Small
- Bidens nashii Small
- Bidens parryi Greene
- Bidens persicifolia Greene
- Bidens quadriaristata DC.
- Bidens quadriaristata var. quadriaristata
- Bidens speciosa Parish
- Coreopsis flammula Banks ex Steud.
- Coreopsis perfoliata Walter
- Coreopsis radiata Mill.
- Helianthus laevis L.
- Heliopsis laevis (L.) Pers.
- Heliopsis laevis var. laevis
- Kerneria helianthoides Cass.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: 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.