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Closeup view of a bloom of a Bidens pilosa in the wetlands beside the Anhinga Trail in #309181521
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Pictured is a closeup view of a bloom of Bidens pilosa next to the Anhinga Trail at the Royal Palm Visitor Center in the Everglades National Park in Florida. Its many common names include black-jack, beggarticks, hairy beggarticks, cobbler's pegs, devil's needles, hairy bidens, Spanish needle, farmers friend, Devils Pitchfork, hitch hikers and sticky beaks. In traditional Chinese medicine, this plant is considered a medicinal herb. in many parts of the world it is also a source of food.