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Smooth Beggarticks

Bidens laevis

Smooth beggarticks (bur marigold) is a wetland perennial that blazes with large golden daisies in fall along pond edges and marshes, a showy, easy native for consistently wet, sunny ground and a fine late bee plant.

Family
Asteraceae
Type
wildflower
Lifespan
perennial
Height
1–3 ft
Spacing
1–2 ft apart
Light
sun
Soil moisture
moist, wet
Soil pH
neutral
Bloom
September, October, November
Bloom colors
yellow
Wildlife value
pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
Landscape uses
border, rain garden
Native states
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA