Asteraceae
Big devils beggartick
Bidens vulgata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Bidens
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 多苞狼耙草, 多苞狼杷草, 狼把草
- English
- Big devils beggartick
- Finnish
- Lännenrusokki
- Slovenian
- Ščetinastodlakavi mrkač
Synonyms
- Bidens frondosa var. puberula Wiegand
- Bidens puberula Wiegand
- Bidens puberula (Wiegand) Rydb.
- Bidens vulgata f. puberula (Wiegand) Fernald
- Bidens vulgata f. vulgata
- Bidens vulgata var. dissectior Sherff
- Bidens vulgata var. puberula Greene
- Bidens vulgata var. schizantha Lunell
- Bidens vulgata var. vulgata
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, 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.