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Asteraceae

Coastal bluff beggarticks

Bidens forbesii Sherff

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Bidens

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Coastal bluff beggarticks: Bidens sp. (Bidens) Forbesii perhaps flowers at Waikanaloa Wet Cave, Kauai, Hawaii. March 19, 2013 #130319-3214 Image Use Policy
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Coastal bluff beggarticks

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: native

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Sources: classification 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.