Tall Beggarticks

Bidens vulgata

Native to Georgia (estimated)

Bidens vulgata — fruit photograph — Steve Hurst · Public domain · Original photograph · Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

22CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · Bidens

Cecropterus lyciadesHoary Edge
Cecropterus pyladesNorthern Cloudywing
Cirrhophanus trianguliferGoldenrod Stowaway, Beggarticks Seedcropper
Condica concisaConcise Groundling
Condica confederataThe Confederate
Condica cupentiaSplotched Groundling
Condica mobilisMobile Groundling
Dichomeris juncidellaOrange-Dotted Dichomeris
Epiblema abruptanaAbrupt Epiblema
Epiblema otiosanaBidens Borer Moth

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Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
Nathalis ioleDainty Sulphur, Dwarf Yellow
Palthis asopialisFaint-Spotted Palthis
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Pyrausta tyralisCoffee-Loving Pyrausta
Pyrrhia exprimensPurple-Lined Sallow, Purple-Lined Sun Moth
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
Urbanus proteusLong-Tailed Skipper, Bean Leaf Roller

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

76BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Bidens

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

8Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Bidens

Andrena aliciae
Andrena chromotricha
Dianthidium curvatum
Dieunomia heteropoda
Megachile inimica
Megachile parallela
Megachile xylocopoides
Melissodes denticulatus

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

10BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Bidens

Acanthis flammeaCommon Redpoll
Aix sponsaWood Duck
Anas platyrhynchosMallard
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
Dendrocygna bicolorFulvous Whistling-Duck
Fulica americanaAmerican Coot
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
Porzana carolinaSora
Rallus limicolaVirginia Rail

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae
Flower color: Yellow

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 5 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Annual” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Light · “Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Big Devils Beggar Ticks

Conservation status

Georgia rank	Not available
Global rank	G5
GA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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