Family | GUNNERACEAE |
Genus species | Gunnera densiflora Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 68 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | leaves long petiolate, rich green, 15-35mm, broadly ovate to orbiculate, coarsely dentate or 1-3-lobate, drupe to 3mm long, pyriform, deep red |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | insignificant |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |