Bidens bipinnata L.

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Bidens bipinnata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Harare

Bidens bipinnata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo

Bidens bipinnata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo

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Common names: Spanish blackjack (English)
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Description:
Annual herb. It differs from the somewhat similar Bidens pilosa in the more finely divided leaves with narrowly lanceolate leaflets, and the yellow ray-florets.
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Flowering time:Jan-Feb
Worldwide distribution: Originating in Europe and Asia, now a cosmopolitan weed.
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Literature:

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 23.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 31.

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Bidens bipinnata

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Bidens bipinnata
African Plant Database: Bidens bipinnata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bidens bipinnata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bidens bipinnata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Bidens bipinnata
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iNaturalist: Bidens bipinnata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bidens bipinnata
JSTOR Plant Science: Bidens bipinnata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bidens bipinnata
Plants of the World Online: Bidens bipinnata
Tropicos: Bidens bipinnata
Wikipedia: Bidens bipinnata


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Bidens bipinnata.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=164390, retrieved 28 March 2024

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