Scientific Name: Gunnera cordifolia Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: tasmanian mudleaf

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Gunneraceae

Form Description: Fleshy, stoloniferous herb which often forms large patches that consist of rosettes.

Height (m): 0.15 – 0.25

Flowers: Small, unisexual, crowded on spikes, usually on separate leafless stalks.

Fruit: Drupes – bright red, 2-3 mm long

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsCircular HeadGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationRiparianSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Locally abundant near streams and in swampy places. Most common in alpine and sub-alpine zone, Rare at low altitudes in wet grassy places in the central and eastern mountains.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

General Notes

Suited to cultivation in containers or a bog garden. Requires constant moisture, an acidic friable soil and full sun. Frog habitat.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate from division of stolons. The growing medium should contain a high percentage of organic matter, such as peat moss.