| Scientific Name: | Bidens ferulifolia (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | bidens |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, Mexico, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Hanging basket |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Dissected, Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Oblong, Other, Incised |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Orange, Yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Spreading short-lived perennial to 30cm tall; leaves alternate, most oblong, 2.5-3.5cm long x 2-3cm wide, finely divided bright green; heads golden yellow, daisy-like, 2-3cm wide. | |