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Hypericum aethiopicum subsp. sonderi

                   
       

Hypericaceae  Hypericeae 

As at April 2024, 32 herbarium specimens, 19 photo records, 1 visual observation

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula Malolotja
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Hypericum aethiopicum subsp. sonderi - Herbaceous perennial up to 40 cm high, usually less, hairless throughout. Stems erect, mostly un­branched, circular, usually with black spots. Leaves in opposite pairs, stalkless, oval, margins slightly reflexed, up to 2 cm long x 1,5 cm wide. Inflorescence terminal, repeatedly forking. Flower-stalks few mm long; sepals and petals with black dots, sometimes elongated; sepals c 7 mm long; petals c 1,2 cm long, yellow; stamens numerous.

* 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.