Colorful Sticktights bloom in a Louisiana swamp.

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Sticktight Bidens cernua of the Asteraceae Family - "Nodding Bur Marigold, Stick-tight, Beggar-lice, Beggar-ticks, Boot-jacks, Pitchforks, Tick-seed" From the Latin bidens meaning "two-toothed" and cernua meaning "nodding". Common to open mudflats, marsh edges, wet ditches and streambanks throughout the Tallgrass region. Blooms from late August until the firost. Can reach 5 feet but is normally about half that or less. Numerous bright yellow flowers droop as the plant matures. Early settlers used this species as an expectorant and remedy for the croup

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Size: 4900px × 3723px
Location: Lake Martin, Louisiana
Photo credit: © Nancy Camel / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: beggar-lice, beggar-ticks, bidens, boot-jacks, bur, cernua, marigold, nodding, pitchforks, southern, stick-tight, sticktight, tick-seed, usa, wildflowers, yellow