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Scientific Name
Acaena novae-zelandiae
Family Name
ROSACEAE
Common Name
Buzzy, Bidgee-widgee
Status
Height
0.4m (40cm)
Flowers
Many small green or purplish flowers in dense spherical heads which dry to reddish burrs.
Fruit
Achenes
Form
Creeping herb with spreading branches that give rise to short erect flowering branches
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Grassy Vegetation; Heath; Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes
Most common in the eastern mountains; abundant at all altitudes from sea level to over 1000m
Site Tolerance
Moist; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Well-drained
General Notes
Leaves have been used as tea substitute. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
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Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Prickly clusters of seed turn from green to greyish brown when mature. individual seeds are easily released when ripe. collect by hand
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed usually has good results without treatment.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
Propagate from cuttings.
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