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Spanish needles

Bidens bipinnata

Also called Spannish Needles, Hemlock Beggar Ticks, Bipinnate Beggar's Ticks, Bipinnate Beggarticks, Spanish Black Jack, Spanish Needle, Bipinnate Beggartick

Spanish needles
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown., Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A. and Arizona
Climate
temperate

About

Bidens bipinnata is a common and widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Where it grows

Its native range remains uncertain due to its global distribution, however prevailing thought places its origin in Asia and North America. It is most commonly called by the common name Spanish needles.

Other Bidens plants

Bidens acrifolia · Bidens acuticaulis · Romerillo · Kokolau · Vancouver Island beggarticks · Bearded beggarticks · Arizona beggarticks · Beck's water-marigold · Delmarva beggarticks · Bigelow's beggarticks · Bidens cabopulmensis · Viper beggarticks

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bidens bipinnata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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