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Taxon:  Bidens pilosa L.



Summary
Genus:
Bidens
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Coreopsideae
Nomen number:
7169
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:832. 1753
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Bidens pilosa L. var. pilosa

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Common names
English
beggar-ticks –
black-jack –
cobblers'-pegs –
hairy beggar-ticks –
hairy bidens –
Spanish-needles –
French
bident hérissé –
bident poilu –
herbe d'aiguille –
German
Zweizahn –
Japanese Rōmaji
ko-sendangusa –
Portuguese
carrapicho-de-agulha –
Portuguese (Brazil)
picão-preto –
Spanish
bidente piloso –
mozote –
Swedish
nålskära –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California (Norte) 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California Sur 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoCoahuila de Zaragoza 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo León 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosí 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoZacatecas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoAguascalientes 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCiudad de México 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilParaná 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio Grande do Sul 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilSanta Catarina 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and Nevis  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
3AdventiveAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
3AdventiveAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
3AdventiveEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
4Naturalized    widely natzd.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaCabo Verde  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, South  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sicily
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuébec 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticut 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesUnited States Minor Outlying Islands 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesNorthern Mariana Islands 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificPitcairn  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNiue  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificUnited StatesAmerican Samoa 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificWallis and Futuna Islands  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileEaster Island 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileJuan Fernández Islands 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGalápagos 
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico], St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Cultivated
Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Nigeria
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Adventive
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Estonia
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde, Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt, Libya, Morocco
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Israel
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Korea, South, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa], Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy (incl. Sicily), Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Ontario]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii, United States Minor Outlying Islands]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, United States [Northern Mariana Islands]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, Pitcairn, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga, United States [American Samoa], Wallis and Futuna Islands
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Galápagos]
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile [Easter Island, Juan Fernández Islands]
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalpotential for pollution controlfide J Hazard Mat 161:808-814. 2009Sun, Y.-B. et al. 2009. Cadmium tolerance and accumulation characteristics of Bidens pilosa L. as a potential Cd-hyperaccumulator. J. Hazard. Mater. 161:808-814.
Human foodvegetable PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Medicinesfolklorefide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):154. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed  Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7169. Accessed 28 April 2025.