LONDON BUR-MARIGOLD
Bidens connata
Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae] 
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Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae]
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Pappus:  (2 to 4 bristles, forwardly-directed barbs) |
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status
flower
inner
petals
(many)type
stem
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| A canalside plant spread by canal boats on the Grand Union. |
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves mostly un-toothed (although there are some that are). |
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Unlike Nodding Bur-Marigold no flowerheads have any ray florets. |
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowerheads smaller than those of Nodding Bur-Marigold and which do not droop or nod downwards. |
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Directly below each flowerhead are only four to five long narrow bracts, rather than the six to eight of Nodding Bur-Marigold. |
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Like Tansy the flowerheads consist only of disc florets. |
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowerhead held erect. |
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Yellow inner bracts surrounding the disc florets have dark stripes, like they do on Nodding Bur-Marigold. |
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| 31st Aug 2010, Hyde overflow, Peak Forest canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| There are fewer disc florets than in Nodding Bur-Marigold, but these too have dark stripes on them. Note the tiny barbs on the disc florets, but most Bur-Marigolds have this feature. |
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Not to be semantically confused with : Branched Bur-Reed or Un-branched Bur-Reed nor with Burdocks such as Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) nor with any of the Burnets such as Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) nor Bur Chervil (Anthriscus caucalis) or Pirri-pirri-bur (Acaena novae-zelandiae) [plants with similar names from different families]
No relation to : Branched Bur-Reed nor with Un-branched Bur-Reed. And although they are in the Same Daisy Family, neither are they related to This is much less widespread than is Nodding Bur-Marigold but neither are ubiquitous. London Bur-Marigold has a presence on the Grand Union canal, and spread northwards up the canal from London. It is not found elsewhere.
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 Bidens
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connata
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Asteraceae
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 Bidens (Bur-Marigolds) |
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Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae]
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