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Bidens rubifolia

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

Kunth

Propagation

S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Goiás
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Mountain woodland
• forest
• disturbed areas
• streamside secondary forest
• cloud forest
• riverside
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• May

Liana, herb or tree, sometimes scandent shrub to 4m with tetragonal glabrous stems. 3-5 parted serrated leaves to 120mm long, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Flowers yellow 30mm across in corymbs, hispid flower heads with 8-10 hispid bracts to 6mm long, 5 yellow ray flowers to 16mm long. Hairy scabrous achenes with bristles 5.5mm long

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• LJB
• The Plant List 2
• Fieldiana