Distribution Map

Barleria lancifolia subsp. lancifolia

           
(Barleria lancifolia)

Acanthaceae Acanthoideae Barlerieae 

As at April 2024, 1 herbarium specimen, 3 photo records

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Barleria lancifolia - Irregularly branched sprawling shrublet, thinly long-hairy, but stems shaggy. Leaf-stalk very short; blade broadly oval, c 2,5 cm long x 2 cm wide. Flowers solitary, axillary; stalk very short. Calyx deeply divided, lobes of various lengths and widths, up to 1,3 cm long, hairy and glandular; corolla pale mauve, slightly hairy; tube cylindrical at base, becoming funnel-shaped, up to c 1,5 cm long, lobes somewhat unequal, oval, half-spreading, up to 1,5 cm long.

* 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.