Bur Marigold, Bidens cernua L., Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, Nodding Beggar Tick

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Bur Marigold	Bidens cernua L.	Aster (Composite)	Woodland-Bog	Autumn
Other names and notes	(Nodding Beggar-tick). A low plant (up to 3' but usually much less) of wet places with lance shaped stalkless leaves in pairs. The flower head is 1/2 to 1 1/2" wide and nods when the fruit forms. The seeds (achenes) stick to clothing and animal fur.



Notes: Eloise Butler had catalogued this plant in her plant index as present in the Garden area. The plant is native to most of Minnesota except some counties in the south-central part of the state. Widely distributed across the U. S.
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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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