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Haha

Gunnera petaloidea

Haha
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0
Family
Gunneraceae (Gunner family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Hawaiian Is.
Climate
subtropical

About

Gunnera petaloidea is a species of Gunnera endemic to Hawaii on the islands Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii. It is found on slopes which receive heavy precipitation at an altitude between 700–1,830 m (2,300–6,000 ft) but mostly between 920–1,300 m (3,020–4,270 ft). The Hawaiian name for this plant is ʻape or ʻapeʻape.

Other Gunnera plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gunnera petaloidea 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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