Acaena pinnatifida Ruiz & Pav.

Argentinian biddy-biddy (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Acaena

Characteristics

Plants from branched woody caudex. Stems ?decumbent, becoming suberect?, 1.5–5 dm (in fruit), 4 mm diam.; branches erect or leafy. Leaves (crowded at bases of stems); stipules absent; petiole to 4 cm; blade 3–15 cm, leaflets 6–10 per side, gray-green (at least on dried specimens), ovate, 4–10 mm, pinnatisect, lobes 3–7(–11), linear, margins revolute, ?apex penicillate (having a little brush or tuft of hairs at tips)?, abaxial surface sericeous, adaxial sparsely pilose. Scapes terminal, to 50 cm, 1.5–3 mm diam., ?sparsely pilose?, proximal scape and leaf sheaths with multicellular hairs among 1-celled hairs, with (0–)2–3 cauline leaves to 10 cm. Inflorescences 15–35-flowered, interrupted spikes, (flowers crowded distally, 2–15 cm in flower, elongating to 50 cm in fruit); bracteoles leaflike to linear, ciliate. Flowers 6 mm diam.; sepals 4–5, elliptic, 3 mm, abaxially pilose, adaxially glabrous; stamens usually 4, filaments 2–3 mm, anthers dark red; stigma rose, laciniate. Fruiting hypanthia ovoid, 3–4 mm diam., surfaces tomentose, obscurely 4-angled, bearing 10–20 spines in longitudinal ranks, to 3[–4] mm, spines with retrorse hairs or barbs.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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

Leaf

Acaena pinnatifida leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Flower

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

Distribution

Acaena pinnatifida world distribution map, present in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:720089-1
WFO ID wfo-0001005319
COL ID 8QH3
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acaena aculeata Acaena arthrotricha Acaena euacantha Acaena oligacantha Acaena andicola Acaena calcitrapa Acaena californica Acaena pinnatifida Acaena longifolia Acaena multifida Acaena multifida var. glaberrima Acaena multifida subsp. intercedens Acaena multifida subsp. multiglomerulans Acaena multifida subsp. quinquefida Acaena multifida var. utrinquepilosa Acaena pinnatifida var. aconcaguensis Acaena pinnatifida var. calcitrapa Acaena pinnatifida var. depauperata Acaena pinnatifida var. eucantha Acaena pinnatifida subsp. heterotricha Acaena pinnatifida subsp. hypoleuca Acaena pinnatifida var. intermedia Acaena pinnatifida subsp. liocarpa Acaena pinnatifida var. longifolia Acaena pinnatifida subsp. longifolia Acaena pinnatifida var. macrura Acaena pinnatifida subsp. nudiscapa Acaena pinnatifida var. oligacantha Acaena pinnatifida subsp. oligacantha Acaena pinnatifida var. parvifrons Acaena pinnatifida subsp. pliacantha Acaena pinnatifida var. uspallatensis Acaena pinnatifida var. glabrata Acaena pinnatifida subsp. aculeata Acaena californica var. grandis Acaena californica var. polyarthrotricha Acaena californica var. remotiflorens Acaena californica var. subglabriscapa Acaena pinnatifida var. aculeata