| Description | Beggar-Ticks (Bidens frondosa). Brush up against the ripe flower of this plant, and dozens of hook-like seeds will attach. |
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| Plant Type | Weeds |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | mosit to average |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist areas |
| Flowers | Has a composite head, with two-ray flowers not always present, and a central brown disk or female disk flowers with 8-5 outward spreading green bracts. |
| Fruit | The flat, black, wedge-shaped achene has two points on the apex with down-pointing hooks (NASTY) |
| Leaves | A compound leaf with 3-5 leaflets, opposite, two simple, lanceolate leaves found below the terminal bud. |
| Stems | Stem has four angles, flutes, is smooth, takes on a purplish tint, and is freely branching |
| Dimensions | 2-5 feet |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Since it is found naturally growing along streams, the roots are eaten by Muskrats and seeds by Ducks (Missouri Wild Flowers web site) AKA: Stick Tights, Bur Marigold, Pitch Fork Weed |
| Author's Notes | I don't know how many times I have been working in gardens and come out load with the beggar ticks of this plant. They are difficult to get off your clothing. Best way to rid an area of this plant is to learn to recognize it when it is small and yank it before it has a chance to produce seeds. |
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