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Asteraceae

Bigelow's beggarticks

Bidens bigelovii A.Gray

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Bidens

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Bigelow's beggarticks: A weed native to Mexico and the southern U.S. Photo from Puebla, Mexico. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/daisy/index.html
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Bigelow's beggarticks

Synonyms

  • Bidens amphicarpa Sherff
  • Bidens anthriscoides var. angustiloba DC.
  • Bidens bigelovii var. angustiloba (DC.) R.E.Ballard ex Melchert
  • Bidens duranginensis Sherff
  • Bidens oligocarpa Sherff
  • Bidens oligocarpa var. oligocarpa
  • Bidens oligocarpa var. viereckii Sherff

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.