Common Name:
beggarticks
Common Name Synonym:
devil's sticktight
Scientific Name:
Bidens frondosa
Family Name:
Asteraceae (Compositae)
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Aster or Sunflower Family
Life Cycle
native annual, reproducing by seed
Stems
upright, branched above, smooth to slightly hairy, 4-angled, frequently purplish
Leaves
opposite, often simple above, pinnately compound, 3-5 leaflets; leaflets lanceolate, toothed, terminal leaflet stalked, very small hairs
Flowers
heads of yellow-orange disk (tubulate) florets and yellow ray (ligulate) florets when present are few, small and rounded; axillary and terminal, long stalked, leaf-like bracts at base
Seedpods
flat, brown, two barbed spines at one end