Asteraceae

West Indian beggarticks

Bidens cynapiifolia Kunth

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens

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Common names

By language (1)

English: West Indian beggarticks

Synonyms

Bidens bipinnata var. cynapiifolia (Kunth) M.Gómez
Bidens bipinnata var. cynapiifolia (Kunth) G.Maza
Bidens cynapiifolia var. cynapiifolia
Bidens cynapiifolia var. tenuis O.E.Schulz
Bidens cynapiifolia var. typica Sherff
Bidens portoricensis Spreng. ex DC.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: ritirene, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.