Asteraceae
Corkscrew beggarticks
Bidens torta
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Bidens
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Corkscrew beggarticks
Synonyms
- Bidens fulvescens Sherff
- Bidens fulvescens f. fulvescens
- Bidens fulvescens f. indivisa O.Deg. & Sherff
- Bidens micrantha var. kaalana Sherff
- Bidens personans O.Deg. & Sherff
- Bidens waianensis Sherff
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Marshman at English Wikipedia / Eric Guinther, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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.