Gunnera magellanica

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Gunnera magellanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Gunnerales
Family:	Gunneraceae
Genus:	Gunnera
Species:	G. magellanica
Binomial name
Gunnera magellanica Lam.

Gunnera magellanica is a perennial rhizomatous dioeceous herb native to Chile,^[1] Argentina and the Falkland Islands, and Andean areas of Peru, Ecuador.^[2] In the southern part of its range it grows in damper parts of the Magellanic subpolar forests and Valdivian temperate forests,^[3] and shrub formations on Tierra del Fuego, with an altitudinal range from sea level to 1500m.