Acaena agnipila var. tenuispica (Bitter) Orchard
(B.H.M.)
Stems 15-50-(60) cm high, 1.5-3 mm diam. Infl. not branched. Stamens 3-5. Fr. densely clothed in spreading pilose hairs, with 15-50 spines.
N.: Wellington; S.: Nelson, Marlborough (Seaward Kaikoura Range, Molesworth), Canterbury Plains and foothills, Mackenzie Basin.
Australia 1973
Shingle and secondary grassland up to c. 900 m.
