Family | GUNNERACEAE |
Genus species | Gunnera prorepens Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 66 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves 2-5cm long, ovate, shallowly crenate, with purple tinge, drupe broadly obconical, red or purple-red, 4mm long, in spike |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | greenish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Misandra prorepens (Hook.f.) Oerst. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |