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Asteraceae

Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Bidens

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Bidens biternata: Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff. (Syn. Coreopsis biternata )- Spanish Needles, yellow flowered blackjack, black jack, five leaved blackjack, beggar tick
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
金盏银盘, 鬼針舅, 鬼针草
Japanese
センダングサ

Synonyms

  • Actinea biternata Spreng.
  • Bidens abyssinica Sch.Bip.
  • Bidens abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex Walp.
  • Bidens abyssinica var. abyssinica
  • Bidens abyssinica var. glabrata Vatke
  • Bidens abyssinica var. quadriaristata Hochst. ex Schweinf.
  • Bidens biternata f. abyssinica Sherff
  • Bidens biternata f. biternata
  • Bidens biternata f. lasiocarpa Sherff
  • Bidens biternata var. abyssinica (Sch.Bip.) Sherff
  • Bidens biternata var. biternata
  • Bidens biternata var. glabrata (Vatke) Sherff
  • Bidens chinensis (L.) Willd.
  • Bidens chinensis f. chinensis
  • Bidens chinensis f. simplicfolia O.E.Schulz
  • Bidens chinensis var. abyssinica O.E.Schulz
  • Bidens chinensis var. chinensis
  • Bidens cylindrica Sherff
  • Bidens kotschyi Sch.Bip.
  • Bidens lasiocarpa O.E.Schulz
  • Bidens peduncularis Gaudich.
  • Bidens pilosa f. rubiflora S.S.Ying
  • Bidens pilosa var. abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Fiori
  • Bidens pilosa var. glabrata (Vatke) Vatke ex Engl.
  • Bidens pilosa var. quadriseta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) Schweinf. ex Engl.
  • Bidens pilosa var. wallichii (DC.) C.B.Clarke
  • Bidens quadriseta Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern
  • Bidens quadriseta var. glabrata (Vatke) Mattei
  • Bidens quadriseta var. incisifolia Hochst. ex Chiov.
  • Bidens quadriseta var. quadriseta
  • Bidens robertianifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Bidens wallichii DC.
  • Bidens wallichii var. bimensis Miq.
  • Bidens wallichii var. wallichii
  • Coreopsis biternata Lour.
  • Coreopsis biternata var. biternata

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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). About our plant data.