| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaena minor (Hook.f.) Allan |
| Bibliography | Fl. New Zealand 1: 363 (1961) |
| Native Range | Antipodean Islands, Macquarie Island |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | leaves to 3cm, petioles long sericeous, leaflets pilose on abaxial venation, sharply dentate, corolla with purple anthers, achenes in heads, spines purple |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acaena anserinifolia var. antarctica (Cockayne) Druce Acaena anserinifolia var. minor (Hook.) D.M.Moore Acaena minor var. antarctica (Cockayne) Allan Acaena sanguisorbae var. antarctica Cockayne Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. antarctica (Cockayne) Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae ssp. aucklandica Bitter Acaena sanguisorbae var. minor Hook.f. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (ATP Antipodean Is.) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (MAQ Macquarie Is.) |