Bidens parviflora

Willd.

AsteraceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Young plants - cooked.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in marshes and along streams. It grows in wetlands. In Sichuan.

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A herb. It grows each year from seed. It grows 20-80 cm tall. The leaves are divided 2 or 3 times. The segments are narrow.

How to Grow

We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will succeed outdoors in Britain, though it should be possible to grow it as a spring-sown annual. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Succeeds in any moderately fertile moisture-retentive soil in full sun.

Propagation: Seed - sow early spring in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in May. Alternatively, a sowing in situ in mid to late spring can be tried.

Medicinal Uses

Antidote Stings Vulnerary Antidote, stings, vulnerary.

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

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Annual herb reaching 60cm tall. Hermaphrodite flowers pollinated by insects, blooming in September with seeds ripening in October. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils across mildly acid to basic pH ranges. Requires full sun and prefers moist conditions.

Notes

There are about 200 Bidens species. Most are in North America.

References (4)

Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Nyambayar, D. & Dulamsuren, Ch. 2014. Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia. (Editors: Sanchir, Ch. & Jamsran, Ts.). Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “Admon“ Press. 334pp. (p. 199-230).
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Zhang, Y., et al, 2014, Diversity of wetland plants used traditionally in China: a literature review. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10:72