Colour Variation in Acaena anserinifolia

The majority of plants of Acaena anserinifolia observed had red and purple pigments in addition to chlorophyll. At a number of localities there were a few uniformly bright-green plants which lacked the secondary pigments. These plants bred true for this character Some of the plants possessing secondary pigments bred true, but in others a proportion of the offspring had secondary pigments, while in a lesser proportion these pigments were lacking. Figures for the latter phenomenon in the various localities were as follows:—

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