Distribution Map

Monsonia attenuata

                   
                   
                                               

Geraniaceae   

As at April 2024, 11 herbarium specimens, 14 photo records

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Monsonia attenuata - Erect little-branched or tufted with somewhat tuberous rootstock, densely leafy, up to 30 cm high, loosely hairy and glandular throughout. Leaf-stalk slender, c 1,5 cm long; blade usually many times longer than broad, margin finely toothed, c 6 cm longx 6 mm wide, tapering to pointed tip. Flowers borne singly, erect at top of shoot, stalk c 4 cm long; sepals separate, narrow, c 1,5 cm long, tips with long slender point; petals white, with strong network of dark veins, up to 3 cm long.

* 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.