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§1 Plant
Bidens tripartita L.
vernacular threelobe 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 615 counties across 28 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
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.2
- 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
- 3.5 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
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 130,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- 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 615 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 81 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Owen 18119
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- Starke 18149
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Appanoose 19007
- Boone 19015
- Carroll 19027
- Cedar 19031
- Chickasaw 19037
- Clay 19041
- Clayton 19043
- Dallas 19049
- Decatur 19053
- Dickinson 19059
- Emmet 19063
- Fayette 19065
- Floyd 19067
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Hardin 19083
- Harrison 19085
- Henry 19087
- Johnson 19103
- Lyon 19119
- Marshall 19127
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Muscatine 19139
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Palo Alto 19147
- Plymouth 19149
- Polk 19153
- Scott 19163
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Union 19175
- Van Buren 19177
- Washington 19183
- Wayne 19185
- Webster 19187
- Winneshiek 19191
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Ellis 20051
- Finney 20055
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lyon 20111
- McPherson 20113
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Osborne 20141
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Union 21225
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Big Stone 27011
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Marshall 27089
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Rock 27133
- St. Louis 27137
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Cherokee 37039
- Durham 37063
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Grainger 47057
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- Mason 54053
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BITR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5391862 ↗Record version
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