Distribution Map

Tinnea galpinii

                   
                   
       

Lamiaceae Scutellarioideae  

Eswatini Red List status (2002): LR lc

As at April 2024, 5 herbarium specimens, 10 photo records, 1 visual observation

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Tinnea galpinii - Stems up to 40 cm high, circular in section, downy. Leaf-stalk short, blades lance-shaped or oval, up to 2,5 cm long x 1 cm wide, thinly hairy, gland-dotted, blunt, margins entire. Inflorescence with solitary stalked flowers in axils of small leaf-like bracts. Flower stalk c 8 mm long; calyx c 7 mm long, shaggy, enlarging in fruit; corolla c 1,5 cm long to end of lower lip, purplish-brown or maroon.

* 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.