Acaena echinata Nees is a plant in the Rosaceae family, order Rosales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Acaena echinata Nees

Acaena echinata Nees

Acaena echinata Nees is a plant with specific leaf, flower and burr characteristics that grows 25โ€“40 cm tall.

Family
Genus
Acaena
Order
Rosales
Class
Magnoliopsida
โš ๏ธ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Acaena echinata Nees

Acaena echinata Nees grows to a height between 25โ€“40 cm (9.84โ€“15.75 in). It produces shiny green fern-like leaves that measure 6โ€“15 cm (2.36โ€“5.91 in) in length, and the underside of these leaves is hairy. This species bears tiny pale green flowers with purple stamens that are arranged in a spike, and the burrs it produces have sharp barbs.

Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Reiner Richter ยท cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae โ€บ Tracheophyta โ€บ Magnoliopsida โ€บ Rosales โ€บ Rosaceae โ€บ Acaena

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy ยท Disclaimer

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