Derivation of specific name
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pilosa: pilose, with long soft hairs
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Bidens pilosa L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160650
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Annual herb to 1.5 (-2.2) m. Leaves
petiolate, (1-)3-foliolate, glabrous or pilose. Terminal
leaflet up to 9 × 5 cm, narrowly ovate to ovate-oblong; base
cuneate; apex acuminate; margin ciliate, crenate or
serrate-crenate; lateral leaflets smaller, asymmetric. Inflorescence laxly
corymbose. Capitula up to 1 cm in diameter. Rays 0 (var.
pilosa) or creamy-white, 4-7 and up to 1.5 cm,
exceeding (var. radiata Sch.Bip.) or not exceeding (var.
minor Blume) the phyllaries. Achenes up to 1.6 cm,
blackish. Bristles 2-3, retrorsely barbed.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Bidens pilosa L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160650
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Bidens pilosa L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160650
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Probably originally South American, but very widely naturalised throughout the tropics and subtropics.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Bidens pilosa L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160650
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
