Bidens pilosa

hairy beggarticks, common beggarticks, romerillo, spanish-needles, beggar's ticks, cobbler's pegs, fisi`uli, kofe tonga, matakaro, spanish needles
Family

Asteraceae

Leaf Arrangement

opposite

Leaf Attachment

petiolate

Leaf Type

compound, pinnate, ternate

Growth Form

forb

Flower Color

white

Flower Month

April - November

Height (meters)

0.1 - 1.8

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Unarmed

Origin

introduced

Lifespan

annual


Wetland Class

FAC

Field Characters

Ray flowers sometimes absent.

Habitat

Waste places.