Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Acaena hirsutula Bitter |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine |
Description | rooting, leaves 4-5cm, leaflets 11-13, cinereous-glaucous, adaxially densely appresed hirsute, upper leaflets sessile, obtusely dentate, heads 5-6mm wide, anthers purple |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained 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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