Family | GUNNERACEAE |
Genus species | Gunnera strigosa (Kirk) Colenso |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 15: 322 (1883) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves dully green, to 25mm long, orbiculate to reniform, usually cordate and 3-5-lobate, crenate and setose, drupe 3mm long, spherical, bright red |
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 | Gunnera meziana Schindl. Gunnera monoica var. strigosa Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |