Acaena magellanica

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Acaena magellanica

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Acaena magellanica
Acaena magellanica specimen at a botanical station in Hornopiren, Chile. The specimen has the dull reddish-purple flowers, not the bright yellow or bright purple flowers. Cadillo is the Spanish name.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Tribe: Sanguisorbeae
Subtribe: Sanguisorbinae
Genus: Acaena
Species: A. magellanica

Acaena magellanica, commonly called Buzzy Burr or Greater Burnet (Cadillo in Spanish), is a species of flowering plant whose range includes southern South America and many subantarctic islands.

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