Beggar tick. Also known as Spanish needles for the way the seeds look when they are fully formed. The seeds cling to fur and clothing to spread. Bidens bipinnata is an annual herb. Native to East Asia and North America. The young leaves are sometimes eaten as a vegetable and the shoots can be dried and stored.

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Today's offering is the bearded beggartick. Named for the plants fruit which when dry sticks to clothing helping spread the flower all over central and eastern US and southern Canada. Usually found in wet Meadows and wetlands.

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