Acaena magellanica Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Acaena

Characteristics

Stoloniferous perennial; prostrate stems 2-4 mm diam., < 40 cm long; erect stems c. 2 mm diam., < 15 cm long. Lvs 2-8-(15) cm long; stipules entire or 2-3-fid; leaflets 11-17, obovate or oblong, 7-20 × 4-12 mm, 9-14-toothed, glabrous or sparsely hairy and green on upper surface, pilose and subglaucous on lower surface; teeth reddish purple. Scape 3-10 cm long at flowering, 11-21 cm long at fruiting, red, glabrous to pilose; capitulum c. 12 mm diam. at flowering, 1-3 cm diam. (including spines) at fruiting; florets c. 80-100; sepals 4-5; stamens 2-4-(5); anthers dark red; style 1, dark red; achene 1. Fr. obconic, c. 5 mm long, glabrous or pilose at apex; ribs dilated; spines 4, red, (1)-8 mm long, barbed; minute spines occasionally present between main ones.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 5-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Depurative (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 100
Germination temperacture (C°) 14 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Acaena magellanica leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Acaena magellanica leaf picture by Martin Cisneros (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Acaena magellanica flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Acaena magellanica world distribution map, present in Argentina, French Southern Territories, Canada, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), New Zealand, Peru, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:315239-2
WFO ID wfo-0000985090
COL ID 8QFX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 721425
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Synonyms

Acaena cadilla f. pusilla Acaena acroglochin Acaena acutifida Acaena basibullata Acaena alboffii Acaena brachyglochin Acaena cadilla Acaena chamacaena Acaena closiana Acaena colchaguensis Acaena compacta Acaena exaltata Acaena hirta Acaena humilis Acaena ischnostemon Acaena krausei Acaena macrophyes Acaena macrostemon Acaena venulosa Acaena nudicaulis Acaena obtusiloba Acaena oligodonta Acaena oligoglochin Acaena oligomera Acaena plioglochin Acaena rubescens Acaena sericascens Acaena tomentella Acaena transitoria Acaena triglochin Acaena coxii Acaena longearistata Acaena adscendens Acaena floribunda Acaena glandulifera Acaena glaucella Acaena grandistipula Acaena grossifolia Acaena laevigata Acaena longistipula Acaena depauperata Acaena longiaristata Acaena macropoda Acaena neglecta Acaena petiolulata Acaena subflaccida Acaena subtusvillosula Acaena canescens Ancistrum magellanicum Acaena affinis Acaena laevigata Acaena adscendens subsp. georgiae-australis Acaena adscendens var. luxurians Acaena adscendens var. semperpilosa Acaena adscendens var. utrinqueglabrescens Acaena adscendens var. macrochaeta Acaena krausei var. hirsuta Acaena krausei var. massonandra Acaena laevigata var. venulosa Acaena macrostemon var. basipilosa Acaena macrostemon subsp. closiana Acaena macrostemon subsp. latisepala Acaena macrostemon subsp. longiaristata Acaena magellanica var. glabrescens Acaena magellanica subsp. grandiscapa Acaena magellanica subsp. laevigata Acaena magellanica var. pubescens Acaena magellanica subsp. pygmaea Acaena magellanica var. subtuspilosa Acaena magellanica subsp. venulosa Acaena sericascens var. tenuibracteolata Acaena adscendens var. glabriscapa Acaena magellanica f. robusta Acaena krausei subvar. glabratula Acaena adscendens var. majuscula Acaena adscendens var. minuscula Acaena ascendens var. macrochaeta Acaena magellanica