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Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Bidens
Species:	campylotheca
Synonyms
Bidens magnidisca O.Deg. & Sherff Campylotheca grandiflora DC. Coreopsis macraei A.Gray Bidens glaucescens Greene, Synonym of subsp. pentamera Bidens pentamera (Sherff) O.Deg. & Sherff, Synonym of subsp. pentamera

Bidens campylotheca, the viper beggarticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Bidens, collectively called kokoʻolau or koʻokoʻolau in the Hawaiian language. It is found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Its natural habitat is lowland moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss due to the spread of invasive weeds and brushfires.

Subspecies

Bidens campylotheca subsp. campylotheca
Bidens campylotheca subsp. pentamera (Sherff) Ganders & Nagata

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