Bidens taylorii Sherff

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Bidens

Characteristics

Perennial herb, 40–150 cm high, erect or scrambling; stem with reddish streaks.. Leaves ovate in outline, 1–2-pinnatipartite, 3–14 cm long, 1–8 cm wide, pinnae lanceolate, apex indurate-apiculate, with sparsely ciliate margins and puberulous on veins, densely glandular-punctate.. Capitula solitary, terminal, peduncle 4–16 cm long; involucre 5–7 mm long; outer phyllaries 6–8, green, glabrous or sparsely hairy, inner phyllaries orange; paleae 4.5 mm long, yellow, striped.. Ray florets yellow, neuter, 8, the rays 10–15x4–5 mm; disc florets yellow, tubular, 3–4 mm long.. Achenes black, cylindrical, compressed, 4.5–7.5 mm long, setose; aristae yellow, to 2 mm long, retrorsely barbed near the apex.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 1.5
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:185272-1
WFO ID wfo-0000026628
COL ID LSGK
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Synonyms

Bidens taylorii Coreopsis taylorii Bidens gracilior Bidens praecox Bidens gracilior var. gracilior Bidens gracilior var. ukerewensis Bidens schimperi var. brachyceroides Coreopsis exaristata var. gracilior