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 | | Depending on the species, the achenes assume a variety of shapes-flat, quadrangular or nearly circular, triangular, oblong or linear-and have two to six linear and tapering awns or teeth, upwardly or downwardly barbed or bristly (2), making them highly adapted for adhering to passing objects (5). |
 | | The species name is from the Latin connatus, meaning joined together (10), in reference to the plant's generally incompletely divided lower leaves. |
 | | Globally, bur beggarticks (Bidens tripartita L.) is probably the most familiar species, although it is primarily a weed of the eastern hemisphere: Eurasia from northern Ireland through Norway, Sweden, and Finland, southward to France and Italy; Turkey, Iran, India, south-eastern Siberia to Japan, and the Philippine Islands (15). |
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