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Gunnera perpensa
Also called Wild Ramenas, Wild Rhubarb
Gunnera perpensa is a species of Gunnera native to much of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan south to South Africa, and also in Madagascar. It is a perennial herbaceous wetland plant growing to 1 m tall, with kidney-shaped leaves with an irregularly lobed and serrated margin.
It is the type species of the genus Gunnera.
Gunnera aequatoriensis · Gunnera cordifolia · Gunnera × cryptica · Gunnera hamiltonii · Gunnera macrophylla · Gunnera magellanica · Gunnera magnifica · Giant rhubarb · Gunnera masafuerae · Gunnera mexicana · Gunnera monoica · Haha
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gunnera perpensa 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.
