Bidens discoidea, commonly known as small beggarticks,[3] is an annual, herbaceous, flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.

Bidens discoidea is an annual, herbaceous, flowering plant that typically grows between 10 and 180 cm (3.9 and 70.9 in) tall.

[2] The species grows in swamps, ponds and other wet areas at elevations of 10 to 300 metres from sea level.

[5] As of November 2024[update], the conservation group NatureServe listed Bidens discoidea as Secure (G5) worldwide.

In individual provinces and states, it is listed as No Status Rank (SNR) in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Maine, Wisconsin, Michigan, Connecticut, and Rhode Island; Secure (S5) in Kentucky; Apparently Secure (S4) in Ontario, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, and New Jersey; Vulnerable (S3) in Quebec, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania; Critically Imperiled (S1) in West Virginia and New Brunswick; and Possibly Extirpated in Nova Scotia.