Bidens tenuisecta

Annuals, (10–) 20–40 cm. Leaves: petioles 5–40 mm; blades rounded-deltate to ovate overall, 20–50+ × 15–35+ mm, (1–) 2–3-pinnatisect, ultimate lobes ± linear, (2–) 5–15+ × (0.5–) 2–3+ mm, bases ± cuneate, ultimate margins entire, sometimes ciliolate, apices acute to attenuate, faces usually glabrous, sometimes hispidulous. Heads usually borne singly, sometimes in 2s or 3s. Peduncles 20–30 (–80) mm. Calyculi of 6–12 ± appressed, linear bractlets 5–7 mm, margins scabro-ciliate, abaxial faces usually pilosulous to hirsutulous, rarely glabrous. Involucres campanulate to hemispheric or broader, (5–) 6–7 × 4–8 mm. Phyllaries 8, lance-linear, 5–7 mm. Ray-florets 0 or 3–6; laminae yellow, 4–6 mm. Disc-florets (5–) 12–20 (–45); corollas yellow, 2–3 mm. Cypselae: outer redbrown, flat or weakly 4-angled, linear, 6–8 mm, margins not ciliate, apices somewhat attenuate, faces obscurely 2-grooved, often tuberculate, glabrous or ± strigillose; inner similar, blackish (sometimes with pale tips), ± equally 4-angled, linear-fusiform, 8–15 mm, margins not ciliate, apices attenuate, faces 2-grooved, glabrous or, toward tips, strigillose; pappi of 2 (–3), spreading to divergent, retrorsely barbed awns (1–) 1.5–3 mm.

Phenology: Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Sep(–Oct).
Habitat: Meadows, along streams
Elevation: 1800–2600 m

Ariz., Colo., Idaho, N.Mex., Utah, Mexico (Chihuahua)

Discussion

Reports of Bidens tenuisecta from Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York may be based on ephemeral introductions.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa