Distribution Map

Cliffortia repens

               
Escarpment Rice-bush

Rosaceae Rosoideae Agrimonieae Sanguisorbinae

As at April 2024, 10 herbarium specimens, 6 photo records, 16 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Malolotja

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cliffortia repens - Tall erect or spreading much-branched shrub, copiously leafy, hairless throughout. Leaves spreading, narrow, seldom more than 1 cm long x 1 mm wide, widest above middle, sharp-pointed. Flowers abundant, small, sepals 3—4, greenish.

* 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.