- Family : ASTERACEAE
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
- Synonym(s) : Bidens pilosa var. minor (Blume) Sherff
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bidens pilosa L.
- Common name : Hairy beggarticks
- Vernacular name :
- Magha latenga (Oria)
- Kithachedi, Snehakoora (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Open forests of the Hilly areas
- Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m. Gregarious weed of fallow lands and an aggressive colonizer; Occasional on open hills, weed in fallow fields and wastelands
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J.Saldanha, B.L.Burtt, C.Townsand
- Collection Date : 20-01-1973
- Collection Nos : 18349
- Collection Locality : Wayanad
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thrissur district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Dehradun
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Islands, Leeward Islands, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bidens pilosa. Downloaded on 26 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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