Gunnera densiflora Hook.f.
Dioecious herb. Lvs 2-9 cm long; lamina broad-ovate to broad-elliptic, usually cordate at base, sometimes obtuse, not lobed or very shallowly lobed, coarsely dentate, subcoriaceous, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Infructescence exposed above lvs. Drupes usually clustered on stalk, short-pyriform to obconic, dark red; flesh closely attached to seed.
S.: Inland Kaikoura Range, and inland Canterbury from Lake Tennyson to Craigieburn Range.
Endemic.
Lake and stream sides, seepages in grassland.
G. densiflora is a distinctive sp. with usually broad-ovate and cordate lvs, and dense infructescences.
