Hairy Beggarticks

Bidens pilosa L.

Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

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Bidens pilosa L., Hairy Beggarticks: (Bayer Code: BIDPI; US Code BIPI)

Tender perennial with sprawling growth habit, often branching at nodes
Leaves opposite, simple, lanceolate, with toothed margins, or opposite, pinnately compound with 3-7 lanceolate leaflets with toothed margins
Inflorescences at stem tips or on long stems from axils of leaves
Inflorescences have white ray flowers and yellow disk flowers
Mainly found in warm to tropical climates, south of Midwest

(Posted January 19, 2019)