Species:  
                 Acaena  =   New Zealand Bur      (Unit 073)   

Picture Notes:  Picture 1 is Acaena magellanica, listed as Patagonian Bur.
Pictures 2 to 7 are Acaena saccaticupula cv. Blue Haze.

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Distribution:  About 50 species in the mountains of the Southern Hemisphere, especially New Zealand.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 6-8       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   4-12 in.

Form:   Herbaceous perennials.

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Stem/Bud:   Stems creeping.

Leaves:   Leaves pinnately compound.

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Flower:   Flowers not showy, in small globose heads or cylindrical spikes, petals usually 4.

Fruit:   Fruit a reddish bristly or spiny bur with achenes.

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