Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acaena fissistipula Bitter, Biblioth. Bot. 74: 247 (1911)
Description
Stoloniferous perennial; prostrate stems 1–1.5 mm diam., < 30 cm long; erect stems 1–1.5 mm diam., < 5 cm long. Lvs 2.5–15 cm long; stipules deeply (3)–4–5-fid; leaflets 9–11, obovate, suborbicular or orbicular-emarginate, 4–11 × 1.4–4 mm, 9–13-toothed, green-glaucous on both surfaces with veins often dark, ± glabrous on upper surface, sparsely hairy on lower surface; teeth obtuse, penicillate, often dark-tipped. Scape (7)–12–20 cm long, glabrate, purplish; capitulum 6–9 mm diam. at flowering, c. 15 mm diam. (including spines) at fruiting; florets c. 50–60; sepals 4; stamens 2; anthers red; style 1, rose or white; achene 1. Fr. obconic, c. 2.5 × 1 mm, hairy; spines 4, pale brown, c. 4 mm long, barbed.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Mar.; Fruiting: Dec.–Mar.
Bibliography
Bitter, G. 1911: Die Gattung Acaena. Vorstudien zu einer Monographie. Bibliotheca Botanica 74: 249–336.
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]
