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Herba Bidentis
Definition
Herba Bidentis consists of the whole or cut dried aerial parts of Bidens
tripartita L. (Asteraceae), collected at the time of mass budding, which
marks the onset of the flowering phase (1).
Synonyms
Bidens acuta (Wiegand) Britton, B. comosa (Gray.) Wieg., B. connata
Muhl. ex Willd., B. hirta Jordan in Gren. & Godr., B. nodiflora L., B. nodiflora
Lév. & Vaniot, B. shimadai Hayata, B. taquetii Lev. & Van., B.
tripartia L., Hepatorium sp. (2–4).
Selected vernacular names
Bastard agrimony, bastard hemp, beggar-ticks, bident á feuilles tripartites,
bident trifolié, bident tripartite, brønnsle, bur beggarsticks, bur marigold,
càñamo acuàtico, cârligior, chamguisari, dentită, dokaebibaneul, Dreiteiliger
Zweizahn, forbicina comune, gatalryukcho, guichimchae, guichimcho,
guiwoocho, kolmisruse, langyecae, lang ba cao, lang pa ts’ao, longbacao,
orkbila, paneuldaksari, papachim, purple-stem beggarticks,
purplestem beggarticks, qinnab maiy, railway beggar’s tick, spanish needles,
sticktights, strzalki, sunītis nokarenais, sunītis trejdaivu, sukeneviri,
swamp beggar-ticks, ta-ukogi, tel maiy, three-lobe beggarticks, threelobe
beggarticks, thsereda trjohrazdelnaja, trifid bur-marigold, tripartite bur
marigold, tuldokaebibaneul, tummarusokki, uczep dwuzebny, uczep trojdzielny,
veerdelig tandzaad, water agrimony, water hemp, wolf’s grasp
weed (2, 3–14).
Geographical distribution
Indigenous to damp and temperate regions near fresh water sources
throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North America and New
Zealand. The plant is found in the damp regions of the Newly Independent
States, such as in Northern Siberia and the southern part of the far
east region (4, 5, 15–17).
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