Bidens Pilosa

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Bidens pilosa. The entire plant is medicinally active including the roots. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the plants classification report. Category ii species that have shown a potential to disrupt native plant communities. We carry some standards and also hard to find tinctures.

Commonly known as spanish needle or beggar s ticks bidens pilosa is a common crop weed and wasteland plant widespread on every continent except antarctica. Are used widely as a folk medicine in china and have a long history of use particularly in taiwan for common cold dysentery and hepatitis. Bidens pilosa tincture as recommended by stephen buhner in his book our very own herbal extracts made with plants and herbs from farmer friendly sustainable and organic sources. Category i species that are invading and disrupting native plant communities in florida.

This definition does not rely on the economic severity or geographic range of the problem but on the documented ecological damage caused. Light sandy medium loamy and heavy clay soils. 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 is a annual growing to 1 m 3ft 3in.

Bidens pilosa also called bidens leucantha is the main species used for medicinal studies but there are a number of other varieties in the bidens genus that historical use and early studies suggest can also be used. 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. There are 230 to 240 known bidens species. Pilosa has been traditionally used in foods and medicines without obvious adverse effects.

The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. Two types of bidens are mentioned in the chinese classic the ben cao gang mu 1596 a d kïnehi flowers are hermaphroditic they have both male and female sex organs.