Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acaena glabra Buchanan, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 4: 226 (1872)
Description
Perennial with woody rootstock < 1 cm diam.; branches ascending or spreading, 1–3 mm diam., 5–15 cm long. Lvs 2–7 cm long, glabrous; stipules entire or 3–(5)-fid; leaflets 9–13, obovate, 4–6 × 6–9 mm, 7–9-toothed, bright green and shining on upper surface, subglaucous on lower surface; teeth deeply incised, often red. Scape 3–9 cm long, glabrous; capitulum 7–9 mm diam. at flowering, < 15 mm diam. at fruiting; florets > 100; sepals 4; stamens 2; anthers usually white, very rarely red; style 1, white; achene 1. Fr. obtriangular by the enlargement of 2 opposite wings, c. 5 × 4 mm, glabrous; spines 2, not barbed, enclosed in wings.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–Jan.; Fruiting: Jan.–Mar.
Bibliography
Buchanan, J. 1872 ("1871"): On some New Species of New Zealand Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 4: 224–227.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
