Bidens alba

Beggarticks

Asteraceae

Plant Specifics

Form:	Flower
Size:	1-3 ft ft tall by 1-3 ft ft wide
Life Span:	Annual
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.
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.
Availability:	Seed
Light:	Full Sun
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods)
Moisture Tolerance:	Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or other substrate:	Loam, Sand
Soil pH:	Adaptable

Ecology

Wildlife:
Insects:	Attracts native bees, butterflies. Larval host for the  dainty sulphur (Nathalis iole) butterfly.
Native Habitats:	Ruderal.

Distribution and Planting Zones

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.