Citation: Nees in Lehm., Pl. Preiss 1:95 (1844).

Synonymy: A. ovina sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 398 (1948), partly. , Acaena behriana, Acaena echinata

Common name: None

Description:
Stems usually 25-40 cm high, lacking stolons; leaves narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, with 4 or more pairs of leaflets, usually 8-15 cm long (including the petiole), glabrous above, sparsely appressed-pilose or almost glabrous below.

Flowers in interrupted spikes; sepals 4-6, 1-3 mm long; stamens dark-purple, 1-5 mm long.

Fruits ovoid, glabrous or spreading-pilose; spines unequal, glabrous or spreading-pilose on the lower quarter to three-quarters, the longer 2-5 mm long, the shorter 0.5-2 mm long.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Recently introduced to W.Aust. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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