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About
Bidens hyperborea, mistakenly known as Chudweed, refers to a species of flowering plant native to North America. Bidens hyperborea gained meme attention in 2024 because it phonetically resembled the phrase "Biden's Hyperborea": a combination of U.S. President Joe Biden's last name and Hyperborea, the mythological utopian land said to be inhabited by Nordic-looking Hyperboreans. Also, an alternate name for the plant was said to be Chudweed in a viral Twitter / X post, referencing the slang term Chud and weed. However, "chudweed" was not a real name for the plant and was instead coined by a Wikipedia raid in June 2024.
Information
Bidens hyperborea is the scientific name for estuary beggarticks, a flowering plant native to northeastern North America, characterized by orange and yellow blooms.[1]

Online Presence
The first known posts about Bidens hyperborea were posted to iFunny on April 6th, 2021. One of the posts was a screenshot shared by iFunnier[2] @BenitoNeato who added a bottom caption reading, "JOOOOEEE BAIIIDDDEEN WAKE UP," gaining over 460 smiles in three years (shown below, left).
The other post was a video shared by iFunnier[3] @Hezb which also referenced the Joe Biden Wake Up video, gaining over 120 smiles in three years (shown below, right).

On May 1st, 2021, iFunnier[4] @Wreckquiem posted a similar video, receiving over 220 smiles in three years (shown below).
On May 2nd, 2021, Bidens hyperborea was mentioned for the first time on 4chan, surfacing on /x/.[5]
On January 14th, 2022, YouTuber[6] @literallynothinghere9089 posted a Bidens hyperborea video, gaining over 10,000 views in two years (shown below).
On June 12th, 2024, X[7] user @TouhouSexRacism tweeted a screenshot of Google search results for Bidens hyperborea, writing, "I still can't believe this is a real thing," gaining over 3,200 likes in a day (shown below).

Chudweed Wikipedia Raid
On June 13th, 2024, X[8] user @deshmor posted a new screenshot of the Bidens hyperborea Wikipedia page, showing "chudweed" as a newly listed common name. @deshmor wrote, "Found out there is a plant called 'chudweed' with the scientific name 'Bidens hyperborea,'" receiving over 12,000 likes in less than a day (shown below).
![Bidens hyperborea Chudweed meme Zeri @deshmor Found out there is a plant called "chudweed" with the scientific name "Bidens hyperborea" Bidens hyperborea Article Talk ✓ Bidens hyperborea (common names chudweed, estuary beggarticks, [3] northern beggar-ticks [4] or estuary bur-marigold) [5] is a coastal species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows along the coasts of Hudson Bay, the Arctic Ocean, and the North Atlantic Ocean in eastern Canada (Labrador,[6] Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia) and the northeastern United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York). [7] 6:56 AM ⚫ Jun 13, 2024 305.6K Views •](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/838/110/18f.png)
On June 13th, multiple internet users began raiding the Bidens hyperborea Wikipedia to continually add the "chudweed" common name (screenshot shown below).

News of the Wikipedia edits spread to 4chan[9] in the following days.
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center – Bidens hyperborea
[2] iFunny – @BenitoNeato
[4] iFunny – @Wreckquiem
[6] YouTube – literallynothinghere9089
[7] X – @TouhouSexRacism
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