Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 88: 293 (1929) 293 1929. (Syn. Actinea biternata (Lour.) Spreng.; Bidens abyssinica Sch.Bip. ...; Bidens biternata var. abyssinica (Sch.Bip.) Sherff ...; Bidens chinensis (L.) Willd. ..; Bidens cylindrica Sherff; Bidens decomposita Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Bidens kotschyi Sch.Bip.; Bidens laciniata Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch. [Invalid]; Bidens lasiocarpus O. E. Schulz; Bidens pilosa var. abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Fiori; Bidens pilosa var. chinensis L.; Bidens pilosa var. glabrata (Vatke) Engl.; Bidens pilosa var. quadriseta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) Engl.; Bidens pilosa f. rubiflorum S. S. Ying; Bidens quadriseta Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern; Bidens quadriseta var. incisifolia Hochst. ex Chiov.; Bidens robertianifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot; Coreopsis biternata Lour.); South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Chad, Mozambique, Cameroon, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Central
African Republic, Benin, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Socotra, Sudan, South Sudan, Angola,
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ivory
Coast, China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan,
Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Yunnan,
Zhejiang), Taiwan, Java, Myanmar [Burma], Sri Lanka, Fiji (I), Japan (Honshu,
Shikoku, Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., North Korea, South Korea, Tonga (I) (Tongatapu
(I)), La Runion (I), Saudi Arabia (Hejaz), Yemen (SW-Yemen, W-Yemen),
Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)),
Cape Verde Isl. (I), India (throughout), Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia, Philippines (Batanes, Luzon to Mindanao), Palawan, Indonesia, New
Guinea, ?Bhutan, Pakistan (Sind, Kurram, N.W.Frontier Prov., Chitral, Swat,
Pakistani Punjab, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Vietnam,
Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives) (I), England (I), France (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Keys as per Flora of China:
Spanish Needles, yellow flowered blackjack, black jack, five leaved blackjack, beggar ticks • Hindi: चिर्चिट्टा Chirchitta; Tall annual herb with subpinnately divided larger leaves with broader serrate leaf segments, terminal largest, ovate; involucre bracts with dilated tips; ray florets yellow. The species Bidens biternata is distinct from B. pilosa in much smaller number of florets, linear involucre bracts which are ciliate (nearly spathulate and glabrous in B. pilosa) Leaflet (segment) margin is prominently toothed/serrate, so it should be B. biternata. Also leaves are less divided with large terminal segment. In B. bipinnata leaves are twice to thrice pinnatisect with entire leaflet (segment) margin. Both lack rays or may have up to 5 yellow ones, they are white and prominent in B. pilosa.
Asteraceae Fortnight Part 1-Radiate Heads: Bidens biternata from Kashmir, Chakrata, Morni and Chakauri-GS35 : Attachments (12). 1 post by 1 author. Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merrill & Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 88: 293. 1929. Tall annual herb with subpinnately divided larger leaves with broader serrate leaf segments, terminal largest, ovate; involucre bracts with dilated tips; ray florets yellow. Very common in Himalayas. Photographed from Kashmir, Chakrata, Morni and Chakauri in Uttaranchal.
Bidens biternata from Morni Hills, Haryana: Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 88:293. 1929 Common weed of waste places easily distinguished by its yellow ray florets. Photographed from Morni hills on April 9, 2011 - Yes .. Bidens biternata. I found this herb in Chhindwara (M.P.)
This is Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae). Pl. also check it for B. biternata. Thanks, ... I think it's Bidens biternata as per FOI link & indiantreepix thread: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Spanish%20Needles.html (Closely related to B. pilosa, but can be distinguished by the leaves, which are usually 5-7 foliolate, with the lowermost pair redivided into two to three segments) It is B biternata. The species is distinct from B. pilosa in much smaller number of florets, linear involucre bracts which are ciliate (nearly spathulate and glabrous in B. pilosa) Am uploading pictures of Bidens pilosa. In my search for wild plants, weeds that are also edible, I found that Bidens Pilosa is a pot herb. I would like to know if anybody has actually used it and more details on its usage.
Bidens biternata from Ajinkyatara Satara. Requesting ID of this plant-2-3’ ht. Photo taken on 23May at Solapur, Maharashtra. Can be Bidens biternata .. ... it is, your are right on the spot
ID Request 030913SG-B : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 4 authors. Help ID of following herb, 2-3ft ht, photographed on 01Sep13 at Dhavlas Must be a Bidens species (Asteraceae). Bidens bipinnata - Spannish needles References: |
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