Family | GUNNERACEAE |
Genus species | Gunnera magellanica Lam. |
Bibliography | Encycl. 3: 61 (1789) |
Native Range | w. & s. South America, Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-4500m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, reniform, denticulate, green, flowers inconspicuous in spherical spike, drupe spherical, orange to red |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | greenish, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Dysemone integrifolia Banks & Sol. Gunnera falklandica Hook. Gunnera integrifolia (Banks & Soland.) Blume Gunnera plicata Vahl Gunnera reichei Schindl. Gunnera reniformis Gay ex Blume Misandra magellanica (Lam.) J.F.Gmel. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |