Distribution Map

Putterlickia pyracantha

As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Putterlickia pyracantha - Shrub 2 m high, hairless; copiously spiny, spines slender, straight or curved, up to 5 cm long with vestiges of nodes. Leaves scanty, alternate, oval to round, blunt or with notched tip, sparingly toothed or entire, almost stalkless, up to 2 cm long. Flowers bisexual, few on slender inflorescences. Sepals, petals and stamens five; disc saucer-shaped, not enclosing ovary, which has three chambers with 3—6 ovules in each, petals white, ovary and disc greenish, base of style red. Fruit dry, seeds almost enclosed in appendage.

* 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.