| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 3: 177 (1871) |
| Native Range | New Guinea, e. & s. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | rooting, leaves 5-12cm long, leaflets 11-15, 12-15mm, elliptic to obovate-oblong, subsessile, crenate-serrate, glabrous, heads to 35mm wide, spines purple |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| 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 macrantha Colenso Acaena sanguisorbae var. angustifolia Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var brevifoliata Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. conjugens Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. elata Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. epoligotricha Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. exsudans Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. gracilis Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. intermedia Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. interruptepinnata Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. modica Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. novae-zelandiae (Kirk) Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. oleosenitens Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. papuana Diels Acaena sanguisorbae var. robusta Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae f. subfemina Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. subincisa Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. subtusglaucescens Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. vernicosenitens Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. viridissima Bitter Ancistrum diandrum G.Forst. |
| Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 43 Papuasia (NWG New Guinea) 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, QLD Queensland, SOA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, WAU Western Australia) 51 New Zealand (ATP Antipodean Is., CTM Chatham Is., NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |