Bidens Alba " Spanish Needles"

Bidens Alba " Spanish Needles" host plant

Butterfly host plant for Dainty Sulphur ( Phoebis Sennae)

Pot Size: 1 Gallon

Height: 8" to 16"

Facts about Bidens alba host plant:

Beautiful little white and yellow flower who is highly visited by several pollinators and butterflies  and also important host plant for the Dainty Sulphur butterfly.

• Description: Also known as shepherd's needles, Beggarticks, Spanish needles, or Butterfly needles.This weekly species has finely toothed leaves that are mostly opposite along angled stems. The simple or pinnately 3-7 lobed leaves average 1"-4" long, and the flower heads are about 1" wide. The dry, needlelike seeds( achenes) cling to fur and clothing.

* Blooms Season: All year

* Habitat/ Range: Disturbed sites from Canada south through Florida into the neotropics.

* Family: Arteaceae

* Zones: 8 to 10

* Height: 1 to 3 feet

* Sun: Full sun 

* Water: Dry to Wet