Distribution Map

Alepidea setifera

                   
       
likhatsatwana

Apiaceae Saniculoideae Saniculeae 

As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens, 6 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule B
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Alepidea setifera - Erect, up to 50 cm high. Leaves mostly in basal rosette; stalk up to 10 cm long, usually much less; blade oval, c 6 cm long x 2,5 cm wide, blunt, occasionally heart-shaped at base, not prominently toothed, fringed with numerous long bristles. Stem closely clothed with numerous overlapping narrow pointed stalkless leaves, almost uniform in size from top to bottom, fringed with long bristles. Inflorescence usually compact; flower-heads c 1,5 cm diam, bracts c 1 mm 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.