| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaena pallida (Kirk) Allan |
| Bibliography | Fl. New Zealand 1: 360 (1961) |
| Native Range | Tasmania, New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | leaves to 10cm long, bright green, 9-13 pairs of leaflets coarsely serrate, oblong-obovate to ovate, subsessile, heads to 4cm wide, spines pale brown, anthers white |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 |
| Synonyms | Acaena novae-zelandiae var. pallida Kirk |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |