Gunnera hamiltonii is a creeping herbaceous plant in the family Gunneraceae,[1] with clusters of small (2 to 7 cm) grey-brown leaves forming a dense mat. Small green flowers are followed by red berries in the autumn.

Gunnera hamiltonii
Gunnera hamiltonii at the Rakiura National Park
Conservation status
Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Gunnerales
Family:	Gunneraceae
Genus:	Gunnera
Species:	G. hamiltonii
Binomial name
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk

It is one of the rarest plants in its native New Zealand, with Southland and Stewart Island/Rakiura representing two of the suspected 5 remaining natural habitats. Natural fertilisation of these plants is now difficult as the male and female plants are separate.

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• Environment Southland factsheet - see sidebar
• Photo of cultivated Gunnera hamiltonii
• New Zealand Duneland Ecology - includes photo of wild Gunnera hamiltonii

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