Distribution Map

Baccharoides adoensis var. kotschyana

       
imphepho
lincani
liNyatsela lincani
linyatselo
Mphepho
(Vernonia adoensis)
(Vernonia adoensis var. kotschyana)
(Vernonia adoënsis)

Asteraceae Cichorioideae Vernonieae Linziinae

As at April 2024, 8 herbarium specimens, 15 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Flora Protection Act: Schedule B
Medicinal
Cultural uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Vernonia adoensis - Shrubby, up to 2 m high, thinly downy throughout. Leaves stalkless, blade tapering to narrowly winged base, narrow-oval, irregularly many-toothed, paler on lower surface, up to 10 cm long x 2 cm wide. Inflorescence of few large flower-heads borne at top of stem on stalks c 2 cm long; flower-head about 4 cm diam; involucre of many broad rather loose bracts, up to 2 cm long, whitish with wavy membranous margins. Florets very numerous, mauve or purple, up to 2,5 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.