Naturalised
An erect annual herb ; up to 1 m tall . Stems erect , leafy , branching above , pale green or sometimes reddish , 4-angled , sparsely pubescent to glabrous . Leaves opposite , up to 10 x 5 cm , trifoliate ; leaflets ovate to ovate-lanceolate , terminal one the largest , acute with serrated margins . Inflorescences in laxly paniculiform terminal synflorescences , peduncles 8-10 cm long . Flowers white with yellow centres , often remain closed ; ray flowers (sometimes absent) 4-8 , strile ; disc flowers yellow , tubular , perfect . Fruit achenes , 4-12 mm long , slender , black , 4-angular , strongly adherent . Seeds pappus , of 2-4 retrorsely barbed , 2-3 mm long awns . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Bidens leucanthema var. pilosa (L.) Griseb.
Ceratocephalus pilosus (L.) Rich.
Cosmea pilosa (L.) Spreng.
Kerneria pilosa (L.) Lowe
Kerneria tetragona Moench
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Beggar Sticks
Black Fellows
Blackjack
Blanket-stabbers
Bur Marigold
Cobbler's Pegs
Spanish Needles
Sweethearts
farmers friend, Devils Pitchfork
Hitch Hikers
Sticky Beaks
Pitchforks, Stick Tight
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
