Gunnera densiflora Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Gunnerales > Gunneraceae > Gunnera

Characteristics

Stolons us. below surface, branched, up to ± 3 dm. long. Lvs. on slender, slightly concave petioles up to 7 cm. long, rather sparsely hairy. Lamina dark green, 12-35 × 15-35 mm., about broad-ovate to suborbicular, cuneate to truncate or subcordate at base, rounded at apex, sts obscurely 2-3-lobed, subcoriac.; margins rather coarsely dentateapiculate; indumentum sparse, mainly on veins, or absent. Staminate infl. up to 7 cm. long, ♂ with minute bracts, calyx-lobes minute. ♀ with slender styles up to 3 mm. long. Drupes obconic to pyriform, spreading, compacted into clusters ± 10 mm. diam., dark red, 2-3 mm. long.
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Dioecious herb. Lvs 2-9 cm long; lamina broad-ovate to broad-elliptic, usually cordate at base, sometimes obtuse, not lobed or very shallowly lobed, coarsely dentate, subcoriaceous, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Infructescence exposed above lvs. Drupes usually clustered on stalk, short-pyriform to obconic, dark red; flesh closely attached to seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Gunnera densiflora world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:430144-1
WFO ID wfo-0000833204
COL ID 6L5BY
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Synonyms

Gunnera densiflora