| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaena caespitosa Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Misc. 3: 307 (1833) |
| Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| 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 | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acaena chamaegeron Bitter Acaena chubutensis Bitter Acaena pulvinata Kuntze Acaena pulvinata var. crista-galli Kuntze Acaena tomentosa Bitter |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) |