Bidens Species, Butterfly Needles, Hairy Beggarticks, Spanish Needle

The true Bidens pilosa does not have white flower petals at all. The ones with small or big white flower petals are either hybrid with ...Read MoreBidens alba or Bidens alba.

Spanish Needle nothing but a weed in my yard. Hate to have to pull it all the time. Gets on my clothes and in dog's hair. Pretty little b...Read Moreloom elsewhere.

Under control,is great add for dishes.You can use like any green.Good source of Iron.Even is a part of a big research again the Leukemia.

This one grows all over the place in my neighborhood and when the little sticky seeds get into your socks it can be a pain. But the boi...Read Moreled greens are delicious and a small amount of the tenderest new growth is a tasty spicy addition to salads. I am spreading it around in my "lawn" (more by neglect than by seeding). It is a weed in the fields of a farmer friend of mine and rather than curse at it he actually sells it in the local farmers market where people pay good money for it as greens -- they probably pull it up every week from their yards and then go pay for it at the market. Per 100 gm serving it contains 2.8 gms of protein, 111 mg of calcium, and 2.3 mg of iron. Eat your weeds!

For info on cooking it see Green Deane video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6AaozZpBok