Small-Flowered Bidens (Bidens parviflora)

Family: Asteraceae or Compositae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bidens parviflora is a ANNUAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft). It is in flower in September, and the seeds ripen in October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young plants - cooked. — Young plants - cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Coastal and riverside precipices and rocks, sandy banks, rocky outcrops. Sometimes found as ruderales by stony fences, walls etc. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)