Distribution Map

Asclepias eminens

       
inkhokabovu
sidzayi
umdzayana
(Stenostelma eminens)

Apocynaceae Asclepiadoideae Asclepiadeae Asclepiadinae

Eswatini Red List status (2002): VU B1B2cD2

As at April 2024, 15 herbarium specimens

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Asclepias eminens - Slender half-erect or prostrate shoots, occasion­ally branching at base, almost hairless. Leaf-stalk very short; blade up to 11 cm long x 4 mm wide, usually narrower, margins recurred. Inflorescence terminal with up to c eight rather large flowers on stalks c 2,5 cm long; corolla lobes reflexed, c 1,4 cm long, sharp-pointed, green; corona lobes long and narrow, erect and closely clustered forming a column, white or white-tipped.

* 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.