| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaena caespitosa Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. |
| Synonyms | Acaena chamaegeron Bitter |
| Acaena chubutensis Bitter | |
| Acaena pulvinata Kuntze | |
| Habitat | cold steppes |
| Altitude | 0-3000m |
| Description | sericeous, leaves 15-35mm, in outline elliptical, 5-9 pairs of leaflets crowded, oblong-ovate, entire to triternate, achenes with number of short spines |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | cushion |
| Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
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