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Asteraceae

Wiebke's beggarticks

Bidens wiebkei Sherff

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Bidens

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Wiebke's beggarticks: Koʻokoʻolau or Molokai kookoolau Asteraceae Endemic tot the Hawaiian Islands (Molokaʻi only) Endangered Oʻahu
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Wiebke's beggarticks, Kookoolau

Synonyms

  • Bidens campylotheca var. nematocera Sherff
  • Bidens nematocera (Sherff) Sherff

Characteristics

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

Photos

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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.