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Biddy-Biddy (Acaena)

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Biddy-Biddy Genus Details

This member of the rose family is a shrub-like or perennial herb with partially woody stems. The single-stem plants are 4 to 28 inches tall with evergreen leaves. Leaves are unequally pinnate (feather-like) with inconspicuous flowers arranged in spikes with no petals. The flowers produce a single seed. Biddy-Biddy grows on open grassy slopes along the Pacific coast in California and Hawaii.

Biddy-Biddy Allergy Info

Pollen allergenicity is low to insignificant.

Biddy-Biddy Pollen Description

No pollen description is currently available.

Species in This Genus

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Biddy-Biddy (Acaena) is a genus of the ROSACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:

Argentinian Biddy-Biddy (Acaena pinnatifida)

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Biddy-Biddy Genus Location

The shaded areas on the map indicates where the genus has been observed in the United States. Click the map to see a full scale version of these allergy areas.

- Native, observed in a county

- Introduced, observed in a county

- Rarely observed