Bidens Pilosa Leaf
Bidens pilosa is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family asteraceae its many common names include black jack beggarticks farmer s friends and spanish needle but most commonly referred to as cobblers pegs it is native to the americas but is widely distributed as an introduced species in other regions worldwide including eurasia africa australia south america.
Bidens pilosa leaf. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. Capitula with 5 8 ray flowers with well developed rays 5 16 mm long and involucral bracts numbering mostly 12 vs. Geographic subdivisions for bidens pilosa. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the plants classification report.
Common beggar ticks spanish needles classification. Bidens pilosa is an annual plant producing an erect much branched stem up to 100cm tall though the plant can often flower seed and then die when much smaller. If you have any comments about the site or the pictures good or bad we d like to hear from you.