Wildflower (forb) · Asteraceae
Devil's beggartick
Bidens frondosa
Devil's beggartick is recorded as native to 48 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 1,482 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Devil's beggartick at a glance
- Native in
- 1,482 counties, across 48 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 12a PLANTS minimum temperature 47°F
- Mature height
- 4 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Sun to part shade Medium water use
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 12a. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of 47°F; zone 12a winters bottom out at 50°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Devil's beggartick is recorded as native to 48 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 1,482 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 1,482 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alabama 11 counties
- Arizona 2 counties
- Arkansas 31 counties
- California 29 counties
- Colorado 17 counties
- Connecticut statewide record
- Delaware 2 counties
- District of Columbia 1 county
- Florida 10 counties
- Georgia 11 counties
- Idaho 7 counties
- Illinois 82 counties
- Indiana 70 counties
- Iowa 42 counties
- Kansas 76 counties
- Kentucky 54 counties
- Louisiana 34 counties
- Maine 16 counties
- Maryland 1 county
- Massachusetts 14 counties
- Michigan 50 counties
- Minnesota 54 counties
- Mississippi 5 counties
- Missouri 60 counties
- Nebraska 74 counties
- Nevada 5 counties
- New Hampshire 10 counties
- New Jersey 21 counties
- New Mexico 7 counties
- New York 37 counties
- North Carolina 69 counties
- North Dakota 44 counties
- Ohio 50 counties
- Oklahoma 18 counties
- Oregon 19 counties
- Pennsylvania 66 counties
- Rhode Island 4 counties
- South Carolina 28 counties
- South Dakota 48 counties
- Tennessee 51 counties
- Texas 29 counties
- Utah 11 counties
- Vermont 12 counties
- Virginia 86 counties
- Washington 15 counties
- West Virginia 32 counties
- Wisconsin 60 counties
- Wyoming 7 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Shape
- Erect
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Active growth period
- Spring, Summer, Fall
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Intermediate (sun to part shade)
- Moisture use
- Medium water use
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Medium
- Precipitation range
- 24 to 60 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Coarse and medium
- pH range
- 5.2 to 7.2
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- Medium
- Salinity tolerance
- None
- Fertility requirement
- Medium
- Minimum root depth
- 8 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- 47°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 12a and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 80
- Fire tolerance
- None
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Showy flowers
- No
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- No
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Brown
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- Routinely Available
- Family
- Asteraceae
- PLANTS symbol
- BIFR
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Bidens frondosa (PLANTS symbol BIFR).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources