Acaena Emittens
''Acaena emittens'' is a species of perennial plant limited to scrubland and forest clearings at an altitude of 450–1500 m in central North Island, New Zealand. This plant has slender dark brown branches, growing prostrately, up to 50 cm in length. Each branch ends in three distinctively rounded green leaflets which are hairy but not glaucous as in many of its congeners. This species is usually found within clearings in open forests of '' Nothofagus'' and in scrubland dominated by '' Leptospermum scoparium''. Flowering occurs from December to February with fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ... being produced from January onwards. References * emittens Flora of New Zealand Plants described in 1989 {{NewZealand-plant-stub ...
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Bryony Hope Macmillan
''Bryonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the gourd family. Bryony is its best-known common name. They are native to western Eurasia and adjacent regions, such as North Africa, the Canary Islands and South Asia. Description and ecology Bryonies are perennial, tendril-climbing, diclinous or dioecious herbs with palmately lobed leaves and flowers in axillary clusters. The fruit is a smooth, globular berry. ''Bryonia'' is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), including the tortrix moth ''Phtheochroa rugosana'' (recorded on red bryony, ''B. dioica'') and the cabbage moth (''Mamestra brassicae'')