Bidens pilosa




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Bidens pilosa L.
Synonyms Bidens pilosa L. var. pilosa; Bidens adhaerescens Vellozo; Bidens californica de Candolle; Bidens hirsuta Nuttall; Bidens leucantha Willdenow var. pilosa (L.) Grisebach; Bidens pilosa L. forma discoidea Schultz Bipontinus; Bidens pilosa L. subvar. discoidea (Schultz Bipontinus) Pitard; Bidens reflexa Link; Kerneria pilosa (L.) Lowe; Kerneria pilosa (L.) Lowe var. discoidea (Schultz Bipontinus) Lowe; Kerneria tetragona Moench
Common name (Japanese common name) ko-sendan-gusa [small sendan weed [sendan = Melia azedarach]]
(English common name) hairy beggar-ticks, Spanish-needles
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] tropical America
Chromosomal number n=12, 36, 48; 2n=36, 48, 72
Description Plants 50-120cm tall. Leaves 7-8cm long, 5-6cm wide. Flowers yellow, flowering in September to November. Annual plants.
Reference Bidens pilosa L.
Bidens pilosa L.
Bidens pilosa L. var. pilosa
Cropping systems for managing weeds (WIPO Patent WO/2008/051633)
Note Naturalized plants (firast recorded at Kyoto in 1908).



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October 2006
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