Distribution Map

Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora

(exotic - see Alien Plants Database)

As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Lippia nodiflora - Trailing, slightly woody, roughly hairy throughout. Short erect leafy shoots arise at nodes. Leaves oval, tapering to base, blunt, margins sharply toothed in upper halt c 3 cm long x 1,2 cm wide. Inflorescence dense, oval, c 7 mm diam and twice as long, on erect stalk up to 5 cm high; flowers numerous, minute; corolla mauve.

* 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.