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Gunnera hamiltonii

Gunnera hamiltonii
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0
Family
Gunneraceae (Gunner family)
Grows as
Bulb
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
New Zealand South I.
Climate
temperate

About

Gunnera hamiltonii is a creeping herbaceous plant in the family Gunneraceae that is endemic to the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand. It has clusters of small (2 to 7 cm) grey-brown leaves forming a dense mat. Small yellow flowers are followed by red berries in the autumn.

Where it grows

G. hamiltonii is endemic to New Zealand, found in Southland, South Island and Stewart Island / Rakiura. It is found in damp sand in coastal, sparsely vegetated dune slacks and swales.

Other Gunnera plants

Gunnera aequatoriensis · Gunnera cordifolia · Gunnera × cryptica · Gunnera macrophylla · Gunnera magellanica · Gunnera magnifica · Giant rhubarb · Gunnera masafuerae · Gunnera mexicana · Gunnera monoica · River Pumpkin · Haha

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gunnera hamiltonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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