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In Little Town on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder recounts an encounter with a peculiar and troublesome plant known as Spanish needle grass. One day, while taking her sister Mary for a walk on the prairie, Laura discovers that this strange grass has a unique and irritating characteristic: it burrows into their stockings and dresses, making it ...
Barbs on awn of Bidens pilosa. Inflorescences. Bidens pilosa is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. Its many common names include hitch hikers, black-jack, beggarticks, farmer's friends and Spanish needle, but most commonly referred to as cobblers pegs.
Step into the ruggedness of Badlands National Park in South Dakota. This Badlands National Park map is your guide through a landscape where towering spires and deep canyons tell a story millions of years in the making.
Bidens alba, which belongs to the family Asteraceae, is most commonly known as shepherd's needles, beggarticks, Spanish needles, or butterfly needles. [1] Bidens means two- toothed, describing the two projections found at the top of the seeds, and alba refers to the white ray florets. [2]
Bidens bipinnata is a common and widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Distribution. Its native range remains uncertain due to its global distribution, however prevailing thought places its origin in Asia and North America. It is most commonly called by the common name Spanish needles.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Description.
11 kwi 2020 · Common Name(s): Spanish Needles, Beggarticks, Black Jack, Devil’s Needles, Cobbler’s Pegs, Broom Stick, Pitchforks, Farmers’ Friends, Needle Grass. Scientific Name: Bidens pilosa. Medicinal Uses: None locally but the folkloric use of B. pilosa has been recorded around the world, from North and South America to Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
It is found in floodplains, fields, roadsides, gardens, and other disturbed areas throughout the eastern United States and in its southern range as far west as Arizona, south into Mexico. It may also be native to eastern Asia, and may be introduced in much of the rest of the world.
