Distribution Map

Tephrosia glomeruliflora subsp. meisneri

As at April 2024, 4 herbarium specimens

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Crotalaria capensis - Handsome, much branched softly woody shrub up to 2 m high, thinly downy throughout. Leaf-stalk c 3 cm long, with one or two usually unequal leaf-like stipules at base; leaflets broadly oval, tapering to base, tip blunt with minute point, terminal up to 5 cm long x 3 cm wide, lateral often much smaller. Inflorescences terminating branches, often hanging. Flowers large, showy, stalk c 1 cm long, corolla yellow often streaked with brown, standard reflexed with narrow point, keel turned up with narrow, tapering tip, c 3 cm round the curve. Pod somewhat flattened, c 4 cm long X 1 cm wide..

* 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.