Bidens frondosa

Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Bidens frondosa L.
Common Name:Devil's Beggarticks; Devil's Pitchfork; Stick Tight
Habitat:Wetlands.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Bidens
Species Bidens frondosa L. - Devil's Beggarticks; Devil's Pitchfork; Stick Tight

Citation

Citation Bidens frondosa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 832. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 975.6). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal, in C.E. Jarvis & Turland, Taxon 47: 355. 1998.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Bidens frondosa var. anomala Bidens frondosa Linnaeus, var. anomala Porter ex Fernald, Rhodora 5: 91. 1903.  
Bidens frondosa var. caudata Bidens frondosa Linnaeus, var. caudata Sherff, Brittonia 11: 190. 1959. WEST VIRGINIA: Raleigh Co.: Near Stanaford, 3 Sep 1940, Tosh s.n. (holotype: WVA).
Bidens frondosa var. pallida Bidens frondosa Linnaeus, var. pallida (Wiegand) Wiegand, Rhodora 26: 5. 1924.Bidens melanocarpa Wiegand, var. pallida Wiegand 1899. 
Bidens frondosa var. puberula Bidens frondosa Linnaeus, var. puberula Wiegand, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 408. 1899.  
Bidens frondosa var. stenodonta Bidens frondosa Linnaeus, var. stenodonta Fernald & H. St. John, Rhodora 17: 22. 1915. CANADA: Newfoundland: Whitbourne, 8 Aug 1911, Fernald & Wiegand 6375 (holotype: GH).
Bidens melanocarpa Bidens melanocarpa Wiegand, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 405. 1899. SYNTYPE: FLORIDA:
Bidens melanocarpa var. pallida Bidens melanocarpa Wiegand, var. pallida Wiegand, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 406. 1899.  
Bidens puberula Bidens puberula (Wiegand) Rydberg, Fl. Plains N. Amer. 849. 1932.Bidens frondosa Linnaeus, var. puberula Wiegand 1899. 
Bidens vulgata var. puberula Bidens vulgata Greene, var. puberula (Wiegand) Greene, Pittonia 4: 250. 1901.Bidens frondosa Linnaeus, var. puberula Wiegand 1899. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lee, Limestone, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, NY, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 2020

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
TROY000048997 Autauga 05 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1325
TROY
Bidens frondosa Linnaeus
UWAL0046747 Autauga 05 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1325
UWAL
Bidens frondosa Linnaeus
TROY000048272 Autauga 05 Oct 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1832
TROY
Bidens frondosa Linnaeus
UWAL0046046 Autauga 05 Oct 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1832
UWAL
Bidens frondosa Linnaeus
AUA000027025 Baldwin 10 Oct 2007 BARGER, T.WAYNE
PERD-50
AUA
BIDENS FRONDOSA L.
AMAL00014946 Baldwin 08 Oct 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-532
AMAL
Bidens frondosa Linnaeus
BRIT72381 Barbour 10 Sep 1968 Kral, Robert
33123
BRIT
Bidens frondosa Linnaeus
AUA000001809 Barbour 23 Oct 2001 GIL, GLENDA
2001-41
AUA
BIDENS FRONDOSA L.
TROY000014555 Barbour 11 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19976
TROY
Bidens frondosa Linnaeus
TROY000033548 Barbour 01 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
190
TROY
Bidens frondosa Linnaeus
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