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Asteraceae

Smallfruit beggarticks

Bidens mitis Sherff

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Bidens

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Smallfruit beggarticks: Smallfruit Beggarticks (Bidens mitis). Species of plant.
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Smallfruit beggarticks

Synonyms

  • Bidens aurea var. incisa Torr. & A.Gray
  • Bidens aurea var. leptophylla Torr. & A.Gray
  • Bidens aurea var. subintegra Torr. & A.Gray
  • Bidens mitis var. leptophylla (Nutt.) Small
  • Bidens mitis var. mitis
  • Coreopsis ambigua Nutt.
  • Coreopsis arguta Pursh
  • Coreopsis cuspidata Bertol.
  • Coreopsis heterophylla Bertol.
  • Coreopsis jasminifolia Bertol.
  • Coreopsis mitis Michx.

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
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.