A genus of 100 species of low growing perennials from New Zealand and cooler parts of South America but also some occur in Australia and else where in the pacific region. \u00a0Thin creeping stems bear clusters of hairs and at intervals, small pinnate leaves with toothed edges. \u00a0Insignificant flowers are green or purple-brown in dense spikes followed by dry fruit with hooks that cling easily to clothes.<\/p>\n
Usually used in a rock garden or ground cover for their intricate foliage although some species are regarded as weeds.<\/p>\n
Tough plants that thrive in exposed places and poor soil but needs good drainage and moisture during the summer.<\/p>\n
Acaena novae-zelandiae<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 From New Zealand, south east Australia and New Guinea is a low mounding shrub with wiry stems 6-24\u201d inches long bearing 4\u201d inch bright green leaves sometimes having tints of red consisting of 9 \u201315 leaflets. \u00a0Flower head is ovoid to spherical are cream followed by red burrs in late summer. Can be a nuisance<\/p>\n Zones 5-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acaena \u2013 Bidi-bidi \u2013 Zealand burr – A genus of 100 species of low growing perennials from New Zealand and cooler parts of South America but also some occur in Australia and else where in the pacific region. \u00a0Thin creeping stems bear clusters of hairs and at intervals, small pinnate leaves with toothed edges. \u00a0Insignificant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,64,20],"product_tag":[92],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252370"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3865"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3865"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}