in Field, Geog. Mem. New South Wales 358 (1825) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Erect or ascending perennial herb (11–)25–60 cm high; branches moderately pubescent with spreading or appressed hairs. Leaves 11–29-foliolate, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, mostly 8–12 cm long; leaflets obovate, the largest 5–22 mm long, 3–10 mm wide, margins deeply lobed or serrate, flat or recurved, upper surface moderately appressed-pilose, lower surface densely and evenly appressed-pilose; stipules linear, lanceolate or triangular, 1–5 mm long. Inflorescence an interrupted cylindric spike, or rarely in heads with several flower clusters below; peduncles pilose; sepals 4–5; stamens 3–4(–5), dark purple; style 1. Fruiting hypanthia ovoid, not ribbed, glabrous or pilose; spines 18–35, unequal, 3–6 spines 2–4 mm long, 15–30 spines 0.5–2 mm long, not thickened at base. Flowers and fruits Sep.–Apr.
CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, NIS, OtP, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, Wim. Also WA (?introduced), SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Naturalized in New Zealand. Largely co-extensive with other spicate Victorian Acaena species.
Apparently a hybrid between Acaena agnipila and A. echinata (Orchard 2018). Orchard (1969) recognized 2 varieties- var. ovina (glabrous fruit) and var. velutina (pilose fruit), not formally distinguished here. Both fruit forms have been recorded for Victoria.
Orchard, A.E. (1969). Revision of the Acaena ovina A.Cunn. (Rosaceae) complex in Australia., Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 93: 91-109.
Orchard, A.E. (2018). How many spicate species of Acaena are there in Australia?, Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 174: 12-14.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |