Bidens aurea
(Aiton) Sherff
Arizona beggarticks
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - tea
Edible Parts: Edible Uses: Tea The leaves are possibly used as a tea substitute.
Where to Find It
It can grow in temperate and subtropical places. It grows in wet areas and near streams. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.
Argentina, Canada, Central America, Chile, Easter Island, Europe, Guatemala, Mexico, North America, South America, Spain,
How to Identify
A herb. It grows each year from seeds. It can grow 250 cm tall. The flowers are in white to yellow heads.
How to Grow
Propagation: Seed - we have no information for this species but suggest sowing the seed in a greenhouse in the spring. Surface-sow or only just cover the seed and do not allow the compost to dry out. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Division in spring.
Medicinal Uses
None known
Other Uses
None known Special Uses
Wikipedia
Source ↗Bidens aurea , the Arizona beggarticks, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico and found also in Arizona and Guatemala. The species is also naturalized in parts of Europe and South America.
Names & Synonyms
Te moruno
References (2)
- Tardio, J., et al, Ethnobotanical review of wild edible plants in Spain. Botanical J. Linnean Soc. 152 (2006), 27-71
- Zizka, G., 1991, Flowering Plants of Easter Island. Palmarum Hortus Francofurtensis
