Bidens alba – Shepherds Needles

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time September – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

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Echinacea purpurea – Eastern Purple Coneflower

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time June–November

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

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Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba