Communities

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

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Sep

Oct

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Seed Collecting Months

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

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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.