Distribution Map

Pentanisia prunelloides subsp. prunelloides

                   
           
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Rubiaceae Rubioideae Knoxieae 

As at April 2024, 31 herbarium specimens, 16 photo records, 4 visual observations

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Pentanisia prunelloides - Erect, up to 60 cm high, more or less hairy with long white hairs, stems usually stout, singly from rootstock. Leaves variable in size and shape, usually narrow, often relatively broader than in P. angustifolia, e.g. three times as long as broad. Inflorescence dense, many flowered, usually on long common stalk. Calyx c 5 mm long, lobes long and narrow; corolla blue, hairy, tube c 1,5 cm long, slender cylindrical, becoming funnel-shaped at top, lobes c 4 mm 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.