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Bidens pilosa
(Asteraceae)
Spanish needle, beggar's tick, broom stick, broom stuff, cobbler's pegs, devil's needles

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Species description or overview

Bidens pilosa as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Bidens pilosa as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Bidens pilosa information from PIER
Information on Bidens pilosa as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Bidens pilosa
Nomenclatural information about Bidens pilosa is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Bidens pilosa
Nomenclatural information about Bidens pilosa is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Bidens pilosa  new posting 
Nomenclatural information about Bidens pilosa is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Bidens pilosa as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Bidens pilosa as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae): species information from GCW
Information on Bidens pilosa as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Control methods

Bidens pilosa as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Bidens pilosa as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Images

Images of Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) (spanish needle, ki, ki nehe, ki pipili, nehe)
Links to high-resolution free images of Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) (spanish needle, ki, ki nehe, ki pipili, nehe) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Bidens pilosa
RECORD AUTO-GENERATED VIA SHF.SSL (Smithsonian Hawaiian Flora)

Bidens pilosa images from PIER
Images of Bidens pilosa provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Herbarium specimens

Images of voucher specimens for Bidens pilosa from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA)
Images of voucher specimens of Bidens pilosa from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA) are available online.

Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Bidens pilosa
RECORD AUTO-GENERATED VIA SHF.SSL (Smithsonian Hawaiian Flora)

Bidens pilosa as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Bidens pilosa as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Books

Weed handbook of Western Polynesia
Whistler, W. Arthur. 1983. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft f#r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. ISBN: 3-88085-227-8. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Full-text articles

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

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