Devil's Beggarticks

Bidens frondosa L.

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

▲ seedling

▲ young plant

▲▼ flowering plants

▲ flowers

▲ fruit/seed

Devil's Beggarticks: (mentioned on p. 93, Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 122-123, Weeds of the Northeast)

·         similar to spanish needles

·         summer annual, with opposite, pinnately compound leaves grows 1-5' tall

·         flowers have yellow ray flowers, brown disk flowers, seed is short and fat with two barbs attached to tip that let it attach to passing animals

·         found in rich, moist soils, waste areas, roadsides, not in cultivated fields

·         are several species of beggarticks that appear similar