It is less common in the ACT, in some parts of Victoria and South Australia, and in south-western Australia. It is widely naturalized throughout Queensland, eastern New South Wales, the Northern Territory and the northern parts of Western Australia.
in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, the Caribbean, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay).
The plant is native to tropical America (i.e. Blackjack or beggar ticks scientifically known as Bidens pilosa is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in the Aster family (Asteraceae / Compositae).
