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§1 Plant
Bidens connata Muhl. ex Willd.
vernacular purplestem beggarticks — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Bidens
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 301 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 47 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 115 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–7.1
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Mature height
- 3.2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Purple
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 130,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 301 counties across 14 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Calhoun 17013
- Champaign 17019
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- De Witt 17039
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Cass 18017
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Clinton 19045
- Decatur 19053
- Des Moines 19057
- Dubuque 19061
- Fayette 19065
- Fremont 19071
- Hancock 19081
- Henry 19087
- Iowa 19095
- Jackson 19097
- Johnson 19103
- Jones 19105
- Keokuk 19107
- Linn 19113
- Louisa 19115
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Monroe 19135
- Poweshiek 19157
- Scott 19163
- Story 19169
- Washington 19183
- Webster 19187
- Winneshiek 19191
Kansas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Brown 20013
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Doniphan 20043
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Kingman 20095
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Osage 20139
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Shawnee 20177
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Roscommon 26143
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Mahnomen 27087
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BICO5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5392083 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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