Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.

Scientific name record
Names_Plants record source
Is NZ relevant
This is the current name
This record has collections
This record has descriptions
This is indigenous
Threat status: Not threatened
CHR 95399

Click to collapse Details Info

Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 12: 338 (1880)
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.

Click to collapse Biostatus Info

Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

J.B.Armstr.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
1880
338
ICN
species
Acaena anserinifolia

Click to collapse Classification Info

anserinifolia

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.

Main stems stout, woody, creeping and rooting, up to 1 m. long; branches ascending, up to 1 dm. or more long, pilose. Lvs 4·5-8 cm. long, with 9-13 lflts, petioles pilose; stipules up to c. 1 cm. long, deeply 5-6-fid or more. Upper lflts up to c. 1 cm. long, crenate-serrate, toothed almost to base, brownish green above, paler below; upper surface glab. or nearly so, lower densely pilose to pilose on veins only, teeth penicillate. Terminal lflt on petiolule c. 1·5 mm. long. Scapes up to 10 cm. long, pilose, stout, with or without one or more pairs of bracts. Heads, including spines, c. 1·5 cm. diam., bractlets c. 3 mm. long, often forked. Cupule c. 3-4 mm. long, obconic, tetragonous, pilose. Spines 3·5-6 mm. long, unequal, pale to dark brown or yellowish green, sts suffused with red. Sepals c. 1·5 mm. long, ovate, often tinged red, pilose below, ± papillose above. Stamens 2, anthers white. Stigma plumose.
Main stems rather slender, up to 5 dm. long, creeping and rooting; branches ascending, c. 3-5 cm. long, sparsely to densely pilose. Lvs 2.5-3·5 cm. long; stipules deeply 3-4-fld, up to 4 mm. long; lflts 9-11. Upper lflts 6·5-8·5 mm. long, deeply serrate, brownish green to green above, paler below, glab. or nearly so above, pilose on veins below, teeth penicillate. Scape up to 9 cm. long, slender, ± pilose, nude or with one or more bracts. Heads 1 cm. or more diam. including spines. Sepals ovate to broad-lanceolate, often tinged red, rather sparsely hairy below, ± papillose above. Cupules c. 2 mm. long, obconic, tetragonous, almost winged above, pilose. Spines subequal, up to 8 mm. long, yellowish green sts tinged red. Stamens 2, anthers white. Stigma plumose.
Main stems stout, creeping and rooting, up to 1 m. long; branchlets ascending, up to 10 cm. long, rather sparsely pilose to glab. Lvs c. 4-7 cm. long, 7-9-foliolate; stipules c. 1 cm. long, deeply 3-fld. Upper lflts elliptic to obovate-oblong, crenate-serrate, c. 1·5-2 cm. long, subsessile, bright green and glab. or nearly so above, paler and pilose on veins below. Terminal lflt on petiolule c. 3-4 mm. long. Scapes stout, up to 10 cm. long, ± pilose; bracts lfy, c. 1 cm. long. Heads c. 3 cm. diam. including spines; bractlets linear, up to 1 cm. long, often deeply toothed. Cupules obconic, tetragonous, almost winged above, pilose, c. 4 mm. long; spines unequal, up to 13 mm. long, pale green to pale yellow when mature. Sepals rather pale green, ovate-lanceolate, up to 1·5 mm. long, pilose below, glab. above. Stamens 2, anthers white. Stigma plumose.

Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.

2n = c. 42
2n = 42
n = 21

Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.

Stoloniferous perennial; prostrate stems 1-1.5 mm diam., < 1 m long; erect stems 1-1.5 mm diam., < 15 cm long (or longer if scrambling on supporting vegetation). Lvs 1-7.5 cm long; stipules 3-8-fid; leaflets 9-13, oblong, 4-17 × 2-9 mm, 7-15-toothed to base, dull green and sparsely or densely hairy on upper surface, paler, glaucescent and silky hairy on lower surface; basal leaflets usually suffused with brown; teeth penicillate. Scape 4-12 cm long, pilose; capitulum 5-8 mm diam. at flowering, 1-2 cm diam. (including spines) at fruiting; florets c. 50-60; sepals 4; stamens 2; anthers white or rose; style 1, white; achene 1. Fr. obconic, c. 3 × 1.2 mm, hairy; spines 4, pale brown, 4-9 mm long, barbed.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena pusilla (Bitter) Allan
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena pusilla var. suprasericascens Bitter
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena sanguisorbae (L.) Vahl
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. pusilla Bitter
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena sanguisorbae var. viridor Cockayne
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Acaena viridior (Cockayne) Allan
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Ancistrum anserinifolium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Ancistrum decumbens Gaertn.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Ancistrum diandrum G.Forst.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
Ancistrum sanguisorbae L.f.
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.

Click to collapse Collections Info

Acaena anserinifolia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.B.Armstr.
[Not available]

Click to collapse Metadata Info

ecccd05a-f464-499a-bb2c-962988b4bac9
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 June 2007