Acaena x ovina

Sheep's Burr at Reid, ACT

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Identification history

Acaena x ovina 25 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Acaena echinata 23 Jan 2017 BettyDonWood
Acaena x ovina 22 Jan 2017 JanetRussell

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3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   23 Jan 2017
I need a photo of the back of a leaf to decide between these two species. The front of the leaf is not hairy enough to be Acaena ovina, but the spines on the flowers are probably too even in length for Acaena echinata.
JanetRussell wrote:
   23 Jan 2017
I will check it out.
   26 Jan 2017
The spines on the Acaena echinata burr are roughly equal in length while A. ovina burrs have both long and short spines

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

  • Acaena x ovina Scientific name
  • Sheep's Burr Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1913.2m Recorded at altitude
  • In flower
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  • Synonyms

    Acaena agnipila Acaena ovina Acaena agniila

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