| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaena argentea Ruiz & Pav. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Peruv. 1: 67 (1798) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to Peru, s. Argentina to c. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 700-4500m |
| Description | leaves numerous, 4-6cm long, leaflets 4-6 pairs, coriaceous, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, serrate, abaxially silvery hirsute, adaxially deep green, inflorescence spherical |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acaena argentea var. brevifoliolata Bitter Acaena argentea var. breviscapa Bitter Acaena argentea var. contracta Bitter Acaena argentea var. coriacea Bitter Acaena argentea f. epargyrea Bitter Acaena argentea var. gracilis Hieron. Acaena argentea var. gracillima Bitter Acaena argentea var. grandiceps Bitter Acaena argentea var. humilis Bitter Acaena argentea var. interruptepinnata Bitter Acaena argentea var. lanigera Bitter Acaena argentea var. longifolia Bitter Acaena argentea f. nigricans Bitter Acaena argentea var. pluribracteata Bitter Acaena argentea var. subcalvescens Bitter Acaena argentea f. viridis Bitter Ancistrum argenteum (Ruiz & Pav.) Poir. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central) |