Sheep's Burr: Flowers

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Roses (Rosales)

Family:

Rose (Rosaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Sheep's Burr (Acaena echinata)

This Photo:

🔍Flowers🔎

Other name:

Bidibid

Thank you Hayley Pojikar Prentice for identifying and Tom Hunt (Moth_Nut) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Flinders Ranges, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
In South Australia there are two similar species. The other being Downy Sheep's Burr (Acaena ovina) which is much hairier/downy under the leaves.
The other local species in the genus have quite different seed/flower heads, looking like balls.

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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