Spanish Needles

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Scientific Name: Bidens bipinnata
Family: Asteraceae
Description: Yellow ray flowers surpassed by disc flowers, 2- or 3- pinnate leaf blades
Habitat: Disturbed areas, railroads, open woods
Range: Eastern United States
Comments: None.

Source: Indiana University Press, Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers
Photograph: Used with permission from Patrick Alexander.