Distribution Map

Costularia natalensis

   
(Tetraria natalensis)

Cyperaceae Cyperoideae Schoeneae 

As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records, 2 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Costularia natalensis - Robust, tufted, hairless, 1—1,3 m high, upper part with inflorescence usually leaning forward. Basal leaves numerous, flat, up to c 6 mm wide; leaves with basal sheaths also produced along aerial stem, gradually diminishing in length and grading into narrow, erect, long-tapering bracts of inflorescences. Spikelets dark brown, very numerous, c 6 mm long x 2 mm wide borne in rather dense erect or slightly nodding irregular clusters along upper half of stem.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.