Wildflower (forb) · Asteraceae
Threelobe beggarticks
Bidens tripartita
Threelobe beggarticks is recorded as native to 44 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 896 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Threelobe beggarticks at a glance
- Native in
- 896 counties, across 44 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 12a PLANTS minimum temperature 47°F
- Mature height
- 3.5 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Sun to part shade High 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.
Threelobe beggarticks is recorded as native to 44 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 896 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 896 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alaska 2 counties
- California 2 counties
- Colorado 8 counties
- Connecticut statewide record
- Delaware 1 county
- District of Columbia 1 county
- Georgia 2 counties
- Illinois 80 counties
- Indiana 44 counties
- Iowa 39 counties
- Kansas 42 counties
- Kentucky 48 counties
- Louisiana 3 counties
- Maine 13 counties
- Maryland 2 counties
- Massachusetts 14 counties
- Michigan 12 counties
- Minnesota 28 counties
- Mississippi 1 county
- Missouri 55 counties
- Montana 2 counties
- Nebraska 49 counties
- New Hampshire 7 counties
- New Jersey 15 counties
- New Mexico 6 counties
- New York 36 counties
- North Carolina 22 counties
- North Dakota 35 counties
- Ohio 61 counties
- Oklahoma 3 counties
- Oregon 2 counties
- Pennsylvania 58 counties
- Rhode Island 4 counties
- South Carolina 2 counties
- South Dakota 30 counties
- Tennessee 22 counties
- Texas 2 counties
- Utah 6 counties
- Vermont 9 counties
- Virginia 58 counties
- Washington 5 counties
- West Virginia 28 counties
- Wisconsin 32 counties
- Wyoming 5 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
- 3.5 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
- High water use
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Medium
- Precipitation range
- 32 to 55 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Coarse, medium and fine
- pH range
- 5 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
- 100
- Fire tolerance
- Low
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- Yes
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Brown
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- No Known Source
- Family
- Asteraceae
- PLANTS symbol
- BITR
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 tripartita (PLANTS symbol BITR).
- 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