Bidens tripartita

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusBidens
Species:Bidens tripartita L.
Common NameThreelobe Beggarticks
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Leaflet Number: 2; Leaflet Number: 3; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Orange; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 4; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 2
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Bidens acuta Bidens acuta Britton
Bidens comosa Bidens comosa Wiegand

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Ballard (KY), Bell (KY), Boyle (KY), Bracken (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carroll (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Crittenden (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Fayette (KY), Fleming (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Henderson (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Johnson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Mercer (KY), Montgomery (KY), Morgan (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Owen (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Benton (TN), Cannon (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Grainger (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100754272 Mercer Kentucky 11 Oct 1993 David D. Taylor
17498a
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100754264 Cumberland Tennessee 05 Sep 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5375
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100769288 Powell Kentucky 16 Sep 1988 Ross C. Clark
21785
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100244084 Scott Tennessee 01 Oct 1989 Ronald L. Jones
6228a
EKY
Bidens tripartita
31234100242328 Lewis Kentucky 05 Oct 1996 Rudy A. Gelis
M2-1324
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100754306 Casey Kentucky 05 Sep 1988 Bruce Hoagland
659
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100420833 Boyle Kentucky 13 Oct 1956 Mary E. Wharton
10633
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242260 Clark Kentucky 06 Oct 1996 Ralph L. Thompson
96-607
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100729449 Montgomery Tennessee 01 Oct 1949 Floyd Brown, Alfred Clebsch
868
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100420924 Anderson Kentucky 24 Sep 1955 Mary E. Wharton
9540
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100754280 Henderson Kentucky 09 Oct 1980 Richard H. Hannan
6009
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242344 Rockcastle Kentucky 21 Sep 1979 Donald K. Walker
107
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100856267 Powell Kentucky 16 Sep 1988 R.C. Clark
21785
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242294 Laurel Kentucky 15 Oct 1988 Ralph L. Thompson
88-2845
EKY
Bidens comosa
BEREA002755 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002759 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002761 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002763 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002764 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002770 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002758 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002762 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002756 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002767 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002769 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002768 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002765 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002773 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002772 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002754 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002757 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002774 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002771 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
N/A Carter Tennessee 15 Sep 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Bidens comosa
ETSU006076 Carter Tennessee 24 Sep 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Bidens tripartita
31973000005450 Gallatin Kentucky 29 Sep 1990 Thieret, John
57171
KNK
Bidens tripartita
31973000005447 Carroll Kentucky 21 Oct 1985 Thieret, John
56252
KNK
Bidens tripartita
31973000005446 Carroll Kentucky 21 Oct 1985 Thieret, John
56255
KNK
Bidens tripartita
31973000005428 Campbell Kentucky 27 Sep 1997 Naczi, Robert
6964
KNK
Bidens comosa
31973000005427 Campbell Kentucky 28 Sep 1998 Naczi, Robert
7680
KNK
Bidens comosa
31973000005449 Campbell Kentucky 17 Sep 1980 Thieret, John
52434
KNK
Bidens tripartita
31973000005448 Bracken Kentucky 01 Oct 1983 Buddell, George
2403
KNK
Bidens tripartita
MDKY00010216 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Bidens comosa
MDKY00010294 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Bidens tripartita
MDKY00010293 Pike Kentucky
MDKY
Bidens tripartita
MDKY00010214 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Bidens comosa
MDKY00010292 Calloway Kentucky
MDKY
Bidens tripartita
MDKY00010295 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Bidens tripartita
MDKY00010215 Campbell Kentucky
MDKY
Bidens comosa
TENN-V-0233016 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233031 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233035 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233029 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233359 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233015 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233028 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233024 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233018 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233020 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233013 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233030 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233023 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233026 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233014 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233019 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233022 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233012 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233021 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233032 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233033 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233027 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233349 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0242782 Marshall Kentucky
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233034 White Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233335 Montgomery Kentucky
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233025 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0233017 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
APSC0109359 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109361 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0050113 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109355 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0116617 White Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122009 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027302 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0042418 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0100891 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Bidens tripartita
APSC0027323 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109357 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122041 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122034 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0042417 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109352 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109365 Overton Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027311 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0102476 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027392 Cannon Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0111577 Overton Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027324 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122012 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027310 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122016 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109353 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122014 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122036 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027306 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122043 Johnson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0092933 Montgomery Tennessee 22 Sep 2017 Mason Brock
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0077397 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109360 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122013 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027315 Cannon Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027317 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109358 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122040 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027322 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0079954 Madison Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027316 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027304 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0102068 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Bidens tripartita
APSC0027319 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109363 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122010 Morgan Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027309 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027320 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109362 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027490 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027308 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122042 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027325 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109354 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122015 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0071392 Pulaski Kentucky 16 Sep 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027312 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122035 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027318 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0071162 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122011 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109356 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027303 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027321 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0109364 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027305 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122038 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122037 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0122039 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Bidens comosa
APSC0027314 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Bidens comosa
HTTU008814 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Bidens comosa
HTTU002661 Warren Tennessee
HTTU
Bidens tripartita
MTSU021307 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Sep 2001 Angela Cathey
419
MTSU
Bidens tripartita
MTSU021309 Rutherford Tennessee 06 Jul 1954 E. Rucker
MTSU
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0244480 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0244477 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0244476 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
TENN-V-0244484 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Bidens tripartita
UCHT029404 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Bidens tripartita
UCHT029403 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Bidens tripartita
UCHT029402 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Bidens tripartita
ETSU011740 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Bidens comosa
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 13 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Bidens comosa
ETSU011757 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Bidens tripartita
ETSU011756 Cocke Tennessee
ETSU
Bidens tripartita
ETSU026756 Hawkins Tennessee 13 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19912
ETSU
Bidens comosa
31234100242310 Laurel Kentucky 11 Oct 2001 Pierce Johnson
6
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242302 Laurel Kentucky 25 Sep 1999 Amanda N. Allen
41
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100765559 Madison Kentucky 19 Sep 2014 Thomas S. McFadden
50
EKY
Bidens tripartita
N/A Powell Kentucky 16 Sep 1988 Ross C. Clark
21785
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242351 Rockcastle Kentucky 03 Sep 1977 Richard H. Hannan
124
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242336 Owen Kentucky 03 Oct 2003 Ronald L. Jones
9547
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100244100 Pike Kentucky 14 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9281
EKY
Bidens tripartita
31234100244076 Calloway Kentucky 18 Sep 1982 Raymond Athey
4704
EKY
Bidens tripartita
31234100242252 Bracken Kentucky 03 Oct 1993 Randy L. Mears
s.n.
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242245 Bracken Kentucky 03 Oct 1993 Randy L. Mears
s.n.
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242278 Clinton Kentucky 07 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-989
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100754298 Crittenden Kentucky 30 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5719
EKY
Bidens comosa
31234100242286 Cumberland Kentucky 05 Oct 1997 James B. Beck
341
EKY
Bidens comosa
N/A Powell Kentucky 16 Sep 1988 R.C. Clark
21785
EKY
Bidens comosa
BEREA002766 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002760 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
BEREA002753 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Bidens comosa
31234100765542 Madison Kentucky 15 Sep 2015 Thomas S. McFadden
168
EKY
Bidens comosa
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