Bidens acrifolia is a herbaceous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found from northeast Mexico to southwest Mexico.
Description
Bidens acrifolia is a herbaceous flowering plant. It is mostly glabrous, with slender stems and branches. The leaves are bipinnately divided into linear segments 1-3 mm wide. The flower heads are solitary, and are attached to peduncles 5 cm long. The flowers have 6 yellow ligules up to 1.4 cm long.
Distribution and habitat Bidens acrifolia occurs in northern and southwest Mexico.
Taxonomy Bidens acrifolia was first named and described by Earl Edward Sherff in 1933 in the Botanical Gazette journal.
Varieties , the plant database Plants of the World Online accepted two varieties for this species;
Bidens acrifolia var. acrifolia Bidens acrifolia var. langlassei
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