Biden Pilosa

The entire plant is medicinally active including the roots.

Biden pilosa. Bidens pilosa sub var. Bidens pilosa is part of the pilosa complex which includes neotropical taxa some of which have expanded their range into the se us. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. True bidens pilosa in the strict sense produces three awns on the cypselae and does not produce rays or if so they are 3 mm long or shorter.

Commonly known as spanish needle or beggar s ticks bidens pilosa is a common crop weed and wasteland plant widespread on every continent except antarctica. Xian feng cao blackjack cobbler s pegs hairy beggarsticks sticky beaks farmer s friend annual weed self fertile flowering daisy like white ray flowers with yellow disc to a height of 36 inches native to south america and introduced into warmer regions worldwide. Fermented with rice to make sake fermented with rice to make sake range. Common beggar ticks spanish needles classification.

Easily recognizable by the sharp aggravating seed pods that embed themselves into hair and clothing bidens pilosa is used in both traditional chinese medicine and western herbalism as well as in folk medical traditions around the world. Bidens pilosa also called bidens leucantha is the main species used for medicinal studies but there are a number of other varieties in the bidens genus that historical use and early studies suggest can also be used. Discoidea schultz bipontinus pitard in pitard proust iles. Bidens pilosa is native to south america the caribbean africa and the philippines.

Bidens pilosa forma discoidea bidens pilosa linnaeus forma discoidea schultz bipontinus in webb berthelot hist. Umeken bidens pilosa extract 1 month supply contains l arginine l citrulline and bitter melon. Bidens pilosa linnaeus 1753. Bidens pilosa is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family asteraceae its many common names include black jack beggarticks farmer s friends and spanish needle but most commonly referred to as cobblers pegs it is native to the americas but is widely distributed as an introduced species in other regions worldwide including eurasia africa australia south america.

Bidens pilosa is eaten in africa as a vegetable.