Bidens frondosa L.

vernacular devil's beggartick — species · Asteraceae

USDA: BIFR
GBIF: 5392174
Rank: species

devil's beggartick (Bidens frondosa) — Platephotograph · matteo_76CC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus: Bidens

§2a

Native status, by region

AK Alaska Introduced
CAN Canada Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Native

§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 1 state

Legend Native · 4 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Low
Shade: Medium
Moisture use: Medium
Fire: None
Salinity: None
Anaerobic: Medium
CaCO₃: Medium
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 47 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 80 min.
Precipitation: 24–60 in/yr
pH range: 5.2–7.2
Root depth: 8 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: coarse, medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Single Crown
Growth rate: Rapid
Mature height: 4 ft
Foliage texture: Coarse
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Moderate
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Late Summer
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Fall
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 195,300
Propagation: seed

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Low
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 4 counties across 1 state.

Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/BIFR ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5392174 ↗

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