Asteraceae
Devil's beggartick
Bidens frondosa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Bidens
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Common names
By language (20)
- arz
- بايدن فروندوسا
- Azerbaijani
- Çoxyarpaq yatıqqanqal
- Bulgarian
- Многолистен бутрак
- Chinese
- 大狼杷草, 外国脱力草, 大狼把草, 大狼耙草, 接力草
- Czech
- Dvouzubec černoplodý
- Dutch
- Zwart tandzaad
- English
- Devil's beggartick, Beggarticks, Devil's beggarticks, Beggar-tick
- Estonian
- Ameerika ruse
- Finnish
- Seljarusokki
- French
- Bident à fruits noirs
- German
- Schwarzfrüchtiger Zweizahn, Dichtbelaubter Zweizahn
- Hungarian
- Feketéllő farkasfog
- Italian
- Forbicina peduncolata
- Japanese
- アメリカセンダングサ
- Korean
- 미국가막사리
- Lithuanian
- Ilgakotis lakišius
- Polish
- Uczep amerykański
- Serbian
- Kozji rogovi
- Slovenian
- Črnoplodni mrkač
- Welsh
- Graban deiliog
Synonyms
- Bidens frondosa f. frondosa
- Bidens frondosa var. anomala Porter ex Fernald
- Bidens frondosa var. caudata Sherff
- Bidens frondosa var. frondosa
- Bidens frondosa var. minor Hook.
- Bidens frondosa var. pallida (Wiegand) Wiegand
- Bidens frondosa var. stenodonta Fernald & H.St.John
- Bidens melanocarpa Wiegand
- Bidens melanocarpa var. melanocarpa
- Bidens melanocarpa var. pallida Wiegand
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 1,221 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: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.