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Bidens bipinnata L.
Bipinnate Beggartick

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 2:832-833 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual, herb, 0.1-0.9(-1.5) m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to Sep. Alluvium, clay, loam over sandstone, limestone. Along rivers & creeks, coastal areas, rocky hillsides.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 April 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Leonora, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.