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Bidibid
Acaena
Acaena is a genus of about 100 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few species extending into the Northern Hemisphere, north to Hawaii (A. exigua) and California (A. pinnatifida).
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Biddy-biddy
speciesAcaena novae-zelandiae
bidgee-widgee
speciesAcaena anserinifolia
Sheep's Burr
speciesAcaena echinata
Argentinian biddy biddy
speciesAcaena pinnatifida
Greater Burnet
speciesAcaena magellanica
Acaena elongata
speciesAcaena elongata
Two-spined Acaena
speciesAcaena ovalifolia
Acaena cylindristachya
speciesAcaena cylindristachya
Australian sheep's bur
speciesAcaena agnipila
Spineless Acaena
speciesAcaena inermis
Sand bidibid
speciesAcaena pallida
Acaena splendens
speciesAcaena splendens
Glaucous Pirri-pirri-bur
speciesAcaena caesiiglauca
Acaena saccaticupula
speciesAcaena saccaticupula
Acaena juvenca
speciesAcaena juvenca
sheep's bur
hybridAcaena × ovina
Acaena minor
speciesAcaena minor
Acaena argentea
speciesAcaena argentea
Acaena glabra
speciesAcaena glabra
scarlet bidibid
speciesAcaena microphylla
Acaena profundeincisa
speciesAcaena profundeincisa
Acaena macrocephala
speciesAcaena macrocephala
Acaena buchananii
speciesAcaena buchananii
Acaena integerrima
speciesAcaena integerrima
Acaena dumicola
speciesAcaena dumicola
Lesser Burnet
speciesAcaena tenera
Acaena fissistipula
speciesAcaena fissistipula
Acaena montana
speciesAcaena montana
Acaena caespitosa
speciesAcaena caespitosa
Acaena alpina
speciesAcaena alpina
Acaena myriophylla
speciesAcaena myriophylla
Acaena leptacantha
speciesAcaena leptacantha
Acaena agnipila × novaezelandiae
hybridAcaena agnipila × novaezelandiae
Dwarf prickly-burr
speciesAcaena pumila
Native yarrow
speciesAcaena lucida
Acaena × anserovina
hybridAcaena × anserovina
Antarctic prickly-burr
speciesAcaena antarctica
Acaena poeppigiana
speciesAcaena poeppigiana
Acaena eupatoria
speciesAcaena eupatoria
Acaena sericea
speciesAcaena sericea
Acaena trifida
speciesAcaena trifida
Acaena tesca
speciesAcaena tesca
Acaena emittens
speciesAcaena emittens
Hybrid burnet
hybridAcaena magellanica × tenera
Acaena rorida
speciesAcaena rorida
Acaena platyacantha
speciesAcaena platyacantha
Acaena latebrosa
speciesAcaena latebrosa
Acaena patagonica
speciesAcaena patagonica
Acaena stricta
speciesAcaena stricta
Acaena sarmentosa
speciesAcaena sarmentosa
Acaena masafuerana
speciesAcaena masafuerana
Acaena torilicarpa
speciesAcaena torilicarpa
Acaena stangii
speciesAcaena stangii
Acaena insularis
speciesAcaena insularis
Acaena boliviana
speciesAcaena boliviana
Acaena confertissima
speciesAcaena confertissima
Acaena fuscescens
speciesAcaena fuscescens
Acaena longiscapa
speciesAcaena longiscapa
Acaena subincisa
speciesAcaena subincisa
Liliwai
speciesAcaena exigua
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61229.