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Acaena pallida
Acaena pallida, commonly known as the sand bidibid, sand piripiri, pale bidibid, or dune buzzy, is a prostrate, herbaceous plant in the Rosaceae family that is native to New Zealand and south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It lives in coastal areas, primarily on sand dunes.
Acaena pallida has a "guerilla" growth strategy, meaning that it foregoes density in favour of rapid lateral expansion of stolons. This strategy is associated with species that like disturbance, allowing the plant to act as a pioneer species and opportunistically colonise newly disturbed areas.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
