I've seen a lot of Water marigolds (Bidens beckii) in our lake, but had never seen it flower till this year. Dale got some particularly nice captures of this bloom from our survey on Lake Madawaska in The County (Aroostook to most of us, but to inhabitants, it is the only county) in July.
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| Photo: D. Schultz |
The leaves floating on the surface all around the marigold belong to other plants, the pondweeds. The flower looks a lot like a common old garden marigold. It has special leaves on the emergent stem from which the flower grows and stands above the water.
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| Photo: D. Schultz |
The regular underwater leaves are visible in the top left of the picture below, as a finely divided, shaggy mass that can grow up to 8 feet long.
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