Asteraceae
Spanish needles
Bidens bipinnata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Bidens
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Common names
By language (12)
- Afrikaans
- Spaanse knapsekêrel
- Arabic
- حسيكة بورتوريكية
- Azerbaijani
- İkiqat lələkyarpaq yatıqqanqal
- Chinese
- 婆婆针, 鬼針, 刺针草, 鬼针草
- English
- Spanish needles
- Estonian
- Sulgruse
- ff
- Kuri pallaaɗi
- French
- Bident bipénné
- Korean
- 도깨비바늘, 털가막살이
- lzh
- 鬼針
- Slovenian
- Dvojnopernati mrkač
- Welsh
- Graban dwyasgellog
Synonyms
- Bidens bipinnata var. bipinnata
- Bidens bipinnata var. minor Memm.
- Bidens cicutifolia Tausch
- Bidens cynapiifolia var. portoricensis (Spreng.) O.E.Schulz
- Bidens decomposita Wall. ex DC.
- Bidens decomposita var. decomposita
- Bidens elongata Tausch
- Bidens fervida hort. ex Colla
- Bidens myrrhidifolia Tausch
- Bidens pilosa var. decomposita (Wall. ex DC.) Hook.f.
- Bidens portoriccensis Spreng. ex DC.
- Kerneria bipinnata Gren. & Godr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, 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.