Tickseed Sunflower

Tickseed Sunflower (Bidens frondosa). An annual herbaceous plant in the Aster (Asteraceae) family.

Tickseed Sunflower is native to North America, and widespread across the continent.

Looking at the flower of Tickseed Sunflower, it seems to me there is something missing – the ray flowers. But in some circumstances there are a few, very short ray flowers. For the most part though there are only disk flowers.

The leaves look a bit like they’ve been created by taking shiny green paper and cutting the edges with pinking sheers. Quite attractive.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.