Long-Bracted Tickseed Sunflower Wildflower - Bidens polylepis
by Carol Senske
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Long-Bracted Tickseed Sunflower Wildflower - Bidens polylepis
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Carol Senske
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I'm tentatively identifying this as Tickseed Sunflower, a native annual or biennial plant that can grow up to 4 feet tall, branching occasionally. A plant will often have several flowers in bloom at the same time. Each daisy-like flower is about 2" across, and they bloom from late summer to early fall. The flowers are slightly fragrant, which is noticeable in a large patch. They are in the aster family.
They like full sun and wet or moist areas with rich soil. This plant is easy to grow, but could take over at a disturbed site that is sunny and moist. It can form large colonies by reseeding itself. This species of Bidens is more tolerant of hot dry weather than many others.
The name "Tickseed" comes from the way the seeds stick to clothing.
This picture was taken in Montgomery County, Pennylsvlania, USA, on September 14, 2012.
You can read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidens
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February 28th, 2013
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Comments (4)
Mark Ashkenazi
lovely work , v
Carol Senske replied:
I'm delighted you came by, Mark - many thanks for the wonderful comment and the vote!
ABeautifulSky Photography
What a beautiful grouping of wildflowers Carol! f/v
Carol Senske replied:
Any flowers in Maine yet - LOL! I get impatient this time of year just waiting for those first blossoms to appear and yell, "SPRING". Of course there is always the Skunk Cabbage which is now on it's downward blooming time. Thanks for the oh-so-nice comment and the V/F:>) They will help hold me over until the bloodroots and hepaticas begin.