Bidens pilosa L.

English: Spanish needle

German: Behaarter Zweizahn

Mandarin: 鬼针草 (gui zhen cao)

Portuguese: Picão-preto

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Bidens (3)

            Epithet: pilosa L. (3)

pilosa => covered thinly with long soft hairs

Climate: sub-tropical, tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Bidens pilosa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [974] Bidens pilosa - Plants For A Future
• [1038] Bidens pilosa - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.