Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Acaena pumila Vahl |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. 1: 298 (1804) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile, Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-1100m |
Description | glabrous, leaves linear, leaflets 10-14 pairs, small, 3-4mm, ovate-orbiculate, coriaceous, abaxially glaucous, at apex lobate, inflorescence long and narrow |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Acaena glaberrima Phil. Acaena pumila var. acrocoma Bitter Acaena pumila var. glaberrima (Phil.) Bitter Ancistrum pumilum (Vahl) Poir. Lasiocarpus humilis Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |