Bidens frondosa

Species category

Weed

Common name

devil's beggartick

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length: 8.5–9 mm
  • Width: 3.3–3.5 mm
  • Thickness: 1.8–2.5 mm

Color

Brown with black speckles

Texture

Dull and scurfyScurf:
Having flakes on the surface.

Other structures

Barbed awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
are a continuation of the achene's outer margin.

Identification notes

Base is truncated. Longitudinal lines in the center of the acheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
. AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
margin has some barbs.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Bidens frondosa L.

Synonyms

Bidens frondosa L. var. anomala Porter ex Fernald
Bidens frondosa L. var. caudata Sherff
Bidens frondosa L. var. pallida Wiegand
Bidens frondosa L. var. stenodonta Fernald & H. St. John

 Bidens frondosa.  Achenes with barbed awns that are a continuation of the achene's outer margin.
Bidens frondosa. Achenes with barbed awns that are a continuation of the achene's outer margin.