Acaena echinata
ζ*A. echinata Nees ζ* has been collected only once, from Dashwood Pass, Marlborough in 1942. An herbaceous perennial very similar to A. agnipila but differing in its fr. which is always glabrous and has 2-3 prominent longitudinal ridges formed by fusion of the thickened bases of 6-8 larger spines. (S.E. Australia, 1973).