| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaena ovalifolia Ruiz & Pav. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Peruv. 1: 67 (1798) |
| Native Range | w. & s. South America, Falkland Islands |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 100-4000m |
| Description | leaves 5-12cm, adaxially bright green, glaucous and hirsute abaxially, 7-9 pairs of leaflets with distinct, obtuse teeth, heads to 3cm wide, spines red to russet |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acaena elegans Gay Acaena hirsuta Phil. Acaena krausei var. hirsuta (Phil.) Reiche Acaena micranthera Bitter Acaena ovalifolia ssp. australis Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. calophylla Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. calvescenticupula Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. chamaephyllon Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. chamanthera Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. chubutensis Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. dolichacantha Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. elegans (Gay) Reiche Acaena ovalifolia ssp. elegans (Gay) Bitter Acaena ovalifolia ssp. glabricaulis Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. hirsuta Hosseus Acaena ovalifolia var. incisiserrata Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. insulae-exterioris Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. nirihuaoensis Hosseus Acaena ovalifolia var. serrata Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. subglabrescens Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. subserrata Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. subsexjuga Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. subtuspellita Bitter Acaena ovalifolia var. tenerrima Bitter Acaena ovalis Pers. Acaena tenuipila Bitter Ancistrum ovalifolium (Ruiz & Pav.) Sweet Ancistrum repens Vent. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands |