genus
Bur Marigolds
Bidens
Field notes
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- White Beggarticks native
- Devil's Beggarticks native
- Hairy Beggarticks present
- Nodding Beggarticks native
- Spanish Needles native
- Bearded Beggarticks native
- Three-parted Beggarticks native
- Smooth Beggarticks native
- Beggar's Tick present
- Purplestem Beggarticks native
- Bidens triplinervia present
- Tickseed Sunflower native
- Bidens andicola
- Smallfruit Beggarticks native
- Tall Beggarticks native
- Arizona Beggarticks native
- Marsh Tickseed native
- Greater Bur-marigold
- Greater Beggarticks
- Swamp Beggarticks native
- Water Marigold native
- Bigelow's Beggarticks present
- Vancouver Island Beggarticks present
- Bidens ostruthioides
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native bur marigolds All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Spanish Needles
Bidens bipinnata
caterpillars
11
bees
10
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
81
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Nodding Beggarticks
Bidens cernua
caterpillars
10
bees
9
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
86
shelter
1
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Devil's Beggarticks
Bidens frondosa
caterpillars
9
bees
10
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
83
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Three-parted Beggarticks
Bidens tripartita
caterpillars
8
bees
9
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
66
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Smooth Beggarticks
Bidens laevis
caterpillars
8
bees
8
hosts
2
food
7
flowers
126
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Swamp Beggarticks
Bidens discoidea
caterpillars
8
bees
8
hosts
2
food
6
flowers
66
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Marsh Tickseed
Bidens trichosperma
caterpillars
8
bees
8
hosts
2
food
6
flowers
64
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Bearded Beggarticks
Bidens aristosa
caterpillars
8
bees
7
hosts
2
food
7
flowers
141
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Tall Beggarticks
Bidens vulgata
caterpillars
7
bees
9
hosts
2
food
7
flowers
57
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Purplestem Beggarticks
Bidens connata
caterpillars
7
bees
8
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
65
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Water Marigold
Bidens beckii
caterpillars
7
bees
6
hosts
2
food
6
flowers
42
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Tickseed Sunflower
Bidens polylepis
caterpillars
7
bees
4
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
58
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White Beggarticks
Bidens alba
caterpillars
6
bees
4
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
347
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Smallfruit Beggarticks
Bidens mitis
caterpillars
6
bees
4
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
60
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Slimlobe Beggarticks
Bidens tenuisecta
caterpillars
4
bees
3
food
3
flowers
33