About Acaena juvenca B.H.Macmill.
Acaena juvenca B.H.Macmill. is a species of perennial plant. It grows on the eastern side of both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, occurring in scrubland and forest margins at elevations up to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). This plant produces slender reddish brown branches that often grow prostrately. Each branch ends in three distinctively rounded green leaflets, which are not glaucous unlike the leaves of many of its close relatives. Acaena juvenca is most commonly found at the margins of broad-leaved forests, such as those made up of Nothofagus trees, and in scrubland dominated by Leptospermum scoparium and Kunzea ericoides. This species flowers from November to February, and begins producing fruit starting in January.
