Hairy Beggarticks
Scientific Name: Bidens alba
Weed Family: Asteraceae
Description
Hairy beggarticks is usually a warm-season annual. It spreads along the ground by stems that root at nodes. The stems are smooth and can be erect. The leaves initially form on long stalks, but following leaves contain up to nine leaflets. The leaflets can have teeth on their margins.
Hairy beggarticks spreads by seed and by spreading stems when acting as a short-lived perennial. The flower of the hairy beggartick has a yellow center with white rays. Flowers are produced until frost occur. The seeds can attach to clothing and fur on animals. Hairy beggarticks is found from North Carolina to Florida, west to California.
Herbicide Use
Make a pre-emergence herbicide application prior to the seed germination. For post-emergent control use a product containing MSMA.
Distribution
Germination Dates
Zone-7: February
Zone-8: February
Zone-9: January
Zone-10: January
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