Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Acaena x ovina |
| Common Name: | australian sheep's burr |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm) |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Dry, Moist, Wet, Boggy |
| Size (HxW): | 50 cm high |
| Foliage: | Hairy oblong leaves 8-12 cm long, with 11-29 serrated to lobed leaflets. |
| Flowers: | Small white flowers clumped in groups in a flowering spike. Spines on fruit unequal in length, 3-6 double the length of the rest., September-November |
| General Comments: | This is a hybrid (formula is Acaena agnipila × Acaena echinata). Burrs. Perennial. This plant is wind pollinated and has small, insignificant flowers with no petals. Understorey planting in shady gardens. |
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