Acaena pallida

Pale biddy-biddy

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Pale biddy-biddy is a naturalized perennial found in coastal areas of the central California Coast near Stinson Beach in Marin County at near sea level. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces pale flowers in small heads approximately 10 millimeters in diameter. Growing with low-spreading stems 12 to 15 centimeters tall and 2 to 3 millimeters in diameter, it forms a compact ground-covering habit. Its leaves are compound with 4 to 7 leaflets on each side, each leaflet elliptic-oblanceolate, 6 to 30 millimeters long, with fine teeth and a shiny wrinkled surface. The fruit develops distinctive prickles 9 to 15 millimeters long, giving the plant a distinctive bristly appearance when mature.

Habitat: Coastal sand, +- disturbed areas

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: +- 0 m.

Bioregions: CCo (Stinson Beach, Marin Co.)

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