Acaena pallida (Kirk) Allan

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Acaena

Characteristics

Plants stoloniferous. Stems to 10 dm, 2–3 mm diam., ?rough with protruding hair bases?; branches erect, leafy. Leaves: stipules 3–4-fid; petiole 1–1.5 cm; blade 2.5–12 cm, leaflets 4–7 per side, abaxially whitish with uneven wax layer, adaxially glossy green, oblong, 6–30 mm, margins dentate, teeth 4–10 per side, ?rugulose adaxially?, abaxial surface pilose. Scapes axillary, 7–18 cm, 1.5–2 mm diam., lacking both cauline leaves and multicellular hairs. Inflorescences 80–90-flowered, globose heads (heads 10 mm diam. in flower, 2–4 cm diam. in fruit); bracteoles linear, pilose. Flowers 4 mm diam.; sepals 4, triangular, 2 mm, abaxially pilose, adaxially glabrous; stamens 2, filaments 3–4 mm, anthers white; stigma white, fimbriate. Fruiting hypanthia obconic, 4.5–6 mm diam., surfaces covered with appressed hairs, 4-angled, each angle with a spine at apex, 9–15 mm, spines with 4–10 translucent, retrorse barbs 0.5 mm at apex, usually with 1[–3] subsidiary spines on angles, ?surfaces glabrous?. 2n = 42 (New Zealand).
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Main stems very stout, up to 1 m. or more long, procumbent, rooting, pilose; branches stout, pilose, up to 15 cm. or more long. Lvs up to 10 cm. or more long, 9-13-foliolate. Stipules lfy, up to 1 cm. long, 3-fid to simple. Lflts brownish to pale green above, paler below, glab. or nearly so above, pilose on veins below; coarsely serrate-dentate. Upper lflts c. 2 × 1·5 cm., obovate-oblong to oblong, subsessile; terminal lflt similar, on petiolule up to 7 mm. long. Scapes stout, pilose, up to 15 cm. or more long, bracts of one or more pairs. Heads c. 4 cm. diam. including spines; spines pale brown, sts tinged with red; bractlets ± 6 mm. long. Cupules turbinate, slightly flattened, pilose, angles thickened. Sepals about ovate-oblong, pilose below. Stamens 2, anthers white. Stigma plumose.
Stoloniferous perennial; prostrate stems c. 3 mm diam., < 1 m long; erect stems 2-3 mm diam., < 15 cm long. Lvs 2.5-12 cm long; stipules entire to 4-fid; leaflets 9-15, oblong, 6-30 × 3-13 mm, 8-20-toothed, shining green, glabrous and rugulose on upper surface, whitish and hairy on lower surface; teeth with margins recurved. Scape 7-18 cm long, pilose; capitulum c. 10 mm diam. at flowering, < 4 cm diam. (including spines) at fruiting; florets c. 80-90-(115); sepals 4; stamens 2; anthers white; style 1, white; achene 1. Fr. obconic, c. 5 × 2 mm, hairy; spines 4, red or pale brown, 10-20 mm long, barbed, frequently with stunted subsidiary spines on side of fr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 100
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Distribution

Acaena pallida world distribution map, present in New Zealand and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:720077-1
WFO ID wfo-0000985243
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Synonyms

Acaena pallida Acaena novae-zelandiae var. pallida