Grows to 30cm in height with small, finely divided bright green leaves and rich yellow daisy-like flowers which may reach 3 to 4 cm across.

Often grown as an annual in hanging baskets and escapes to walls and pavements, so is usually found close to habitation.

Flowering during the summer months.

Bidens ferulifolia is a spreading, short-lived perennial.

Occasional scattered records in Britain.

Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.