Acaena dumicola

Taxobox
name = "Acaena dumicola"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
tribus = Sanguisorbeae
subtribus= Sanguisorbinae
genus = "Acaena"
species = "A. dumicola"
binomial = "Acaena dumicola"
binomial_authority = Macmillan, 1985

"Acaena dumicola" is a species of perennial plant found only in scrubby and rocky habitats at altitudes of between 300 and 1200 m on South Island, New Zealand.

This is a low plant distinctive for its prostrate branches each ending in three bluish-green leaflets. The margins of these leaflets are minutely toothed, the teeth often being reddish-brown. It often grows as a ground cover plant beneath thickets of Matagouri ("Discaria toumatou"). Flowering occurs in November and December with fruit being produced in January.

References

*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjb/1985/33.php |title=Acaena dumicola (Rosaceae), a new species from New Zealand |journal=New Zealand Journal of Botany |volume=23 |year=1985 |author=B. H. Macmillan |pages=337–340