Distribution Map

Valeriana capensis var. capensis

                   
                   
   
(Valeriana capensis)

Caprifoliaceae Valerianoideae  

As at April 2024, 12 herbarium specimens, 5 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Valeriana capensis - Perennial. Stems erect, unbranched, ribbed, up to 1,2 m high, hairless except for fringe of short hairs at base of leaves. Basal leaves in a rosette, simple or divided. Stem-leaves in well-spaced pairs, up to 20 cm long, with few well-spaced pairs of leaflets, lowest small, middle sometimes divided, and a terminal leaflet up to 8 cm long x 4 cm wide, all irregularly bluntly toothed. Inflorescence terminal at end of long erect stalk, branches spreading, ending in numerous stalkless flowers in dense clusters. Calyx c 7 mm long, shortly toothed; corolla white, tube funnel-shaped, c 7 mm long, lobes oval, spreading, c 3 mm long; stamens 1-4, protruding; ovary with one ovule.

* 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.