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Syncolostemon parviflorus var. parviflorus

                   
                   
       
(Syncolostemon parviflorus)

Lamiaceae Nepetoideae Ocimeae Ociminae

As at April 2024, 18 herbarium specimens, 8 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Restricted distribution
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Syncolostemon parviflorus - Erect, up to 1 m high, densely leafy; short leafy axillary shoots usually copiously developed; shortly hairy and gland-dotted throughout, unpleasantly scented. Leaves usually stalkless, lance-shaped or oval, tip pointed, margins toothless or with few short pointed teeth, c 2 cm long x 5-8 mm wide. Inflorescence widely branching, branches slender, flowers widely spaced in small clusters, sometimes solitary. Calyx hairy, lobes fine-pointed, not woolly, c 6 mm long; corolla c 1,3 cm long, white or mauve; stamens far- protruding.

* 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.