Euploca ovalifolia
(Heliotropium ovalifolium)
Boraginaceae Heliotropioideae
As at April 2024, 13 herbarium specimens, 11 photo records
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Heliotropium ovalifolium - Shrublet with prostrate branches which turn erect, densely grey-hairy throughout. Leaves oval, narrowing to short stalk, blunt, up to 3 cm long x 1,5 cm wide. Inflorescences simple or forked, up to 8 cm long. Flowers c 4 mm long, corolla white, c 2 mm diam.
* 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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