Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Acaena inermis Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 54 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | rooting, leaves to 5cm, leaflets 7-15, glabrous, crenate-dentate, purple or green, upper pair suborbiculate, heads to 1cm wide, achenes spineless |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Acaena microcephala var. inermis (Hook.f.) Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |