Asteraceae
Nodding beggartick
Bidens cernua
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Bidens
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Common names
By language (23)
- arz
- بايدنس سيرنو
- Azerbaijani
- Əyilən yatıqqanqal
- Belarusian
- Ваўчкі паніклыя, Ваўчкі ніцыя, Сабачкі
- Bulgarian
- Наведен бутрак
- Chinese
- 柳叶鬼针草, 柳葉鬼針草
- Czech
- Dvouzubec nicí
- Dutch
- Knikkend tandzaad
- English
- Nodding beggartick, Nodding bur-marigold, Nodding beggarticks
- Estonian
- Longus ruse
- Finnish
- Nuokkurusokki
- French
- Bident penché
- frr
- Steewelknecht
- German
- Nickender Zweizahn
- Hungarian
- Bókoló farkasfog
- Italian
- Forbicina intera
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinis lakišius
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nikkebrønsle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Nikkebrønsle
- Polish
- Uczep zwisły
- Romanian
- Cârligioare, Cîrligioare
- Slovenian
- Celolistni mrkač
- Swedish
- Nickskära
- Welsh
- Graban gogwydd
Synonyms
- Bidens cernua f. cernua
- Bidens cernua var. bidens Farw.
- Bidens cernua var. coreopsis Pursh
- Bidens cernua var. discoidea Wimm. & Grab.
- Bidens cernua var. elatior Torr. ex Greene
- Bidens cernua var. ligulata Bonnet
- Bidens cernua var. monocephala Zersi ex Fiori
- Bidens cernua var. nana Wimm. & Grab.
- Bidens cernua var. nutans Osswald & Sagorski ex Sagorski
- Bidens cernua var. radiata Roth
- Bidens cernua var. rugosa Coss. & Germ.
- Bidens ciliolata Greene
- Bidens cusickii Greene
- Bidens dentata Wiegand
- Bidens elliptica (Wiegand) Gleason
- Bidens elliptica var. elliptica
- Bidens elliptica var. integra Wiegand
- Bidens elliptica var. oligodonta Fernald & H.St.John
- Bidens filamentosa Rydb.
- Bidens gracilenta Greene
- Bidens graveolens Komarov
- Bidens kelloggii Greene
- Bidens leptomeria Greene
- Bidens leptopoda Greene
- Bidens lonchophylla Greene
- Bidens macounii Greene
- Bidens marginata Greene
- Bidens minima Huds.
- Bidens prionophylla Greene
- Bidens quadriaristata var. dentata Nutt.
- Bidens tripartita var. minima Huds.
- Bidens venosa Gardner
- Buphthalmum nutans Vitman
- Coreopsis bidens L.
- Coreopsis quadricornis Krock.
- Coreopsis ridens Gunnerus
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 1,759 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donald Hampton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joshua, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:10, 21 October 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael D. Pirie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.