Bearded Beggarticks

Bidens aristosa

Native to South Carolina (estimated)

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

23CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · Bidens

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

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Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
Nathalis ioleDainty Sulphur, Dwarf Yellow
Palthis asopialisFaint-Spotted Palthis
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
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
Agonopterix atrodorsella

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)

Beetles 5

Chrysomela similis
Diabrotica 12-punctata
Epicauta cinerea
Epicauta pennsylvanica
Rhodobaenus 13-punctatus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 20

Anthrax halcyon
Archytas aterrima
Eristalis latifrons
Exoprosopa decora
Exoprosopa fasciata
Exoprosopa fascipennis
Leskiomima secunda
Milesia ornata
Orthoneura nitida
Peleteria robusta

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Physocephala texana
Ptilodexia abdominalis
Robertsonomyia palpalis
Scotiptera parvicornis
Senotainia trilineata
Siphoplagia anomala
Spallanzania hesperidarum
Syrphus americanus
Systropus macer
Zodion fulvifrons

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 9

Anosia plexippus
Argynnis cybele
Heliothis armiger
Limochores taumas
Nathalis iole
Papilio asterias
Phyciodes tharos
Thanaos juvenalis
Vanessa cardui

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 11

Ancistrocerus tigris
Bembix nubillipennis
Bembix spinolae
Bicyrtes 4-fasciata
Bicyrtes ventralis
Cerceris fulvipes
Cerceris prominens
Exetastes suaveolens
Pseudoplisus divisus
Sphex gracilis

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Sphex nigricans

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 1

Euschistus variolarius

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae
Soil pH: Neutral
Flower color: Yellow
Growth rate: Rapid
Growth habit: Single crown
Foliage color: Green
Fruit begins: Summer
Fruit ends: Fall

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

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “August to October” · Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide · Nursery cultural guide; height in flower; moisture categories retained as printed
Flower color · “Yellow” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Foliage color · “Green” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Fruit begins · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Fruit ends · “Fall” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Growth habit · “Single crown” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Growth rate · “Rapid” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Height · “2–4 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Leaves · “Deciduous” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Life cycle · “Annual or biennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil · “Moist; Occasionally dry; Occasionally wet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil pH · “Neutral” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Spread · “1–2 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Bearded Beggar Ticks

Conservation status

South Carolina rank	Not available
Global rank	G5
SC status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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