Distribution Map

Lasiosiphon caffer

                   
       
umshanyelo
(Gnidia caffra)

Thymelaeaceae   

As at April 2024, 46 herbarium specimens, 23 photo records, 4 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
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Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Lasiosiphon caffer - Erect, slender, little-branched, stems rising from woody base, up to 50 cm high. Stems covered with pale hairs. Leaves very short-stalked, thinly hairy, green, not silvery; lower well-separated, narrow-oval, up to 3 cm long x 1 cm wide, blunt; upper closer, narrower, pointed. Flowers few (less than ten) in head, sometimes surrounded by slightly wider leaves; calyx tube densely white-hairy, c 1,5 cm long, lobes pale yellow, c 7 mm long, hairy outside, almost hairless above; petals minute.

* 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.