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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acaena microphylla Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 55 (1852)
Vernacular Name(s):
bidibid
Description
Rhizomatous perennial; stems mat-forming, c. 1 mm diam., < 25 cm long, soon rooting and covered by soil; erect branchlets < 2 cm long. Lvs 0.5–3 cm long; stipules entire; leaflets 9–15, orbicular, 1.5–4 × 1.5–4 mm, with 5–7 obtuse teeth, green or bronze and shining on upper surface, with veins and teeth dark, glaucescent and sparsely hairy on lower surface. Scape 0.7–2.5 cm long, pilose (), or capitulum ± sessile (); capitulum c. 5 mm diam. at flowering, < 3 cm diam. (including spines) at fruiting; florets c. 20 (), or 2–4 (); sepals 4; stamens 2; anthers white; styles 2, white; achenes 2. Fr. turbinate, c. 2 × 2 mm, glabrous; spines 4, pink or crimson, < 15 mm long, smooth () or with a few stiff hairs at tip ().
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 1 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Jan.; Fruiting: Jan.–Apr.
Bibliography
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
