Gunnera magellanica Lam.

Species

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Characteristics

A fleshy perennial herb. It grows 8-15 cm tall. The leaves are dark green and rounded or kidney shaped. They are 6 cm across. They are often bronze colour when young. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The flowers do not have petals and the sepals are only on female flowers.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.18
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a cold temperate plant. They grow in wet boggy conditions. It grows in the Antarctic. It grows in the most southern regions of South America. In Colombia it grows between 3,200 and 4,000 m altitude. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,800 m above sea level.
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Damp grassy places. Moist sheltered places; at elevations from sea-level to 1,000 metres. Found at elevations up to 3,800 metres in the tropical parts of its range, it descends to sea level in the temperate climate of southern S. America.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

The leaves are eaten raw or cooked.
Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Gunnera magellanica leaf picture by Senger Mario (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gunnera magellanica world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Peru, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:430163-1
WFO ID wfo-0000833235
COL ID 3HMBN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gunnera falklandica Gunnera integrifolia Gunnera plicata Gunnera reichei Gunnera reniformis Misandra magellanica Dysemone integrifolia Gunnera magellanica