Sebaea filiformis
Gentianaceae Exaceae
As at April 2024, 3 herbarium specimens
South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Sebaea filiformis - Annual, slender, usually unbranched, up to 15 cm high. Leaves up to 5 mm long. Flowers usually solitary, terminal, occasionally stem branched with 3—5 flowers. Calyx up to 5 mm long, segments joined at extreme base, keeled or with very narrow wing; corolla yellow, tube up to 8 mm long, lobes up to 10 mm long, usually smaller. Anthers not protruding, each with stalked gland at tip. Style with prominent swelling just below middle; stigma two-lobed.
* 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.
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