| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaena microphylla Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 55 (1852) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | stems rooting, sometimes subterranean, leaves to 3cm long, leaflets 7-13, dentate or serrate, glabrous, suborbiculate, sessile, heads to 25mm wide, spines to 1cm long, red |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | ind |
| 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 depressa Kirk Acaena microphylla f. breviscapa Bitter Acaena microphylla var. depressa Kirk Acaena microphylla ssp. eumicrophylla Bitter Acaena microphylla f. longiscapa Bitter Acaena microphylla ssp. obscurascens Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. sericeinitens Bitter |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |