Distribution Map

Crabbea velutina

       

Acanthaceae Acanthoideae Barlerieae 

As at April 2024, only one record from Eswatini (herbarium specimen)

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Crabbea velutina - Erect, stems seldom more than 20 cm high with one inflorescence. Leaves stalkless, lance-shaped or strap-shaped, blunt, tapering to both ends, surfaces densely shaggy-haired, almost velvety, up to 8 cm long x 2,5 cm wide. Inflorescence up to 6 cm diam, bracts shaggy-haired, narrow, tapering to long straight point. Corolla white, thinly hairy, tube c 1,5 cm long, lobes c 8 mm across.

* 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.