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§1 Plant
Bidens frondosa L.
vernacular devil's beggartick — 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
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 1,015 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 47 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–7.2
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 195,300
- 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 1,015 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Izard 05065
- Lafayette 05073
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Allamakee 19005
- Boone 19015
- Carroll 19027
- Cerro Gordo 19033
- Clay 19041
- Clinton 19045
- Crawford 19047
- Davis 19051
- Dickinson 19059
- Dubuque 19061
- Fayette 19065
- Floyd 19067
- Fremont 19071
- Greene 19073
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Iowa 19095
- Jackson 19097
- Jasper 19099
- Johnson 19103
- Louisa 19115
- Lucas 19117
- Lyon 19119
- Mahaska 19123
- Marion 19125
- Mills 19129
- Mitchell 19131
- Monona 19133
- Montgomery 19137
- Muscatine 19139
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Palo Alto 19147
- Plymouth 19149
- Polk 19153
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Poweshiek 19157
- Scott 19163
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Union 19175
- Van Buren 19177
- Washington 19183
- Winneshiek 19191
- Woodbury 19193
- Worth 19195
Kansas view state ↗ 78 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Presque Isle 26141
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Marshall 27089
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Rock 27133
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 71 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 86 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Logan 54045
- Marion 54049
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
§5Sources & provenance
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