Acaena novae-zelandiae

Bidgee Widgee at Cotter River, ACT

Acaena novae-zelandiae at Cotter River, ACT - 1 Jan 2019
Acaena novae-zelandiae at Cotter River, ACT - 1 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Acaena novae-zelandiae 2 Jan 2019 BettyDonWood
Acaena novae-zelandiae 2 Jan 2019 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 2 Jan 2019 Christine

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A lot more of this at Bulls Head.

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   3 Jan 2019
https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/acaena_novaezelandiae.htm
A late draft.
Christine wrote:
   3 Jan 2019
Thanks Betty. A friend just told me they named their very very small dog "Bidgee" as it always ran around their feet, and seemed to get stuck on their socks :)
BettyDonWood wrote:
   3 Jan 2019
A friend told me that after a week bushwalking through them, she threw away her socks.

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 1 Jan 2019 01:17 PM Recorded on
  • Christine Recorded by

Species information

  • Acaena novae-zelandiae Scientific name
  • Bidgee Widgee Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 2061.1m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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