Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Bidens// Species: Bidens tripartitus L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin (1976 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the Temperate Northern Hemisphere- North America, Eurasia, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: A plant of wet habitats, found alongside streams and rivers.
Flowering period: Fall (SEP, OCT).
References:
Bidens tripartita. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8b961962-4794-4f0d-ba88-8307f135dfea [Accessed 26.02.2026].
Bidens tripartitus. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet: http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7704009&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 04.12.2020].
Bidens tripartita L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:185293-1 [Accessed 26.02.2026].
Tutin, T. G. 1976. Bidens L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 139–140.
Last update: 26.02.2026.