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§1 Plant

Bidens coronata (L.) Britton

vernacular crowned beggarticks — species · Asteraceae

USDA
BICO
GBIF
8234122
Rank
species
crowned beggarticks (Bidens coronata)
Platephotograph · bendingtreeCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Bidens
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 378 counties across 25 states/territories
Legend Native · 378 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
52 °F minimum
Frost-free days
145 min.
Precipitation
32–55 in/yr
pH range
5.2–7.1
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
3.4 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
130,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 378 counties across 25 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 50 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 26 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 45 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/BICO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8234122 ↗

Record version

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