Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter
Photo by: John Lampkin., Nature Coast and Suncoast Chapters
Photo by: Ginny Stibolt, Ixia Chapter FNPS
Photo by: Ginny Stibolt, Ixia Chapter FNPS
Photo by: Ginny Stibolt, Ixia Chapter FNPS
Photo by: Ginny Stibolt, Ixia Chapter FNPS
Photo by: John Lampkin., Nature Coast and Suncoast Chapters
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Nomenclature

Common Name:

beggarticks

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Bidens alba

Family:

Asteraceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

1-3 ft ft tall by 1-3 ft ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white ray flowers, yellow disk flowers

Fruit Color:

black

Phenology:

Blooms all year.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Casual settings, especially toward the rear of wildflower gardens

Considerations:

Once you have this plant, you will always have this plant. It can be quite weedy. The seeds have barbs which stick to clothing and pet fur.

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed. But if you don't have it now, you will, so no need to plant. Pull seedlings leaving only a few plants to bring in the insects.

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Coming Soon!

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

adaptable

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars

Attracts native bees, butterflies.





Larval host for the  dainty sulphur ( Nathalis iole ) butterfly.

Native Habitats:

Ruderal.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

Young leaves are edible and the sap will stop small wounds from bleeding.

General Comments:

Many of us think of this is a weed that we allow to grow for its value to insects.