Common Name: beggarticks, devil's sticktightScientific Name: Bidens frondosa L.Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative annual, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, branched above, smooth to slightly hairy, 4-angled, frequently purplish Leavesopposite, often simple above, pinnately compound, 3-5 leaflets; leaflets lanceolate, toothed, terminal leaflet stalked, very small hairs Flowersheads of yellow-orange disk (tubulate) florets and yellow ray (ligulate) florets when present are few, small and rounded; axillary and terminal, long stalked, leaf-like bracts at base Seed Podsflat, brown, two barbed spines at one end