Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Acaena glabra Buchanan |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | montane-alpine |
Description | leaves 5cm, adaxially shiny brownish green, abaxially glaucous, 7-11 pairs leaflets sharply serrate, heads spherical with purplish tinge, anthers white, spines green |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
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