Distribution Map

Nidorella auriculata

               

Asteraceae Asteroideae Astereae Grangeinae

As at April 2024, 28 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Malolotja

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Nidorella auriculata - Erect, single-stemmed, up to 2 m high, thinly roughhairy throughout. Leaves stalkless, blade oval or lance-shaped, base eared and partly clasping stem, pointed, margins distinctly or strongly toothed (teeth occasionally absent), up to c 5 cm long x 3 cm wide. Inflorescence region widely branching, flower-heads numerous in compact clusters, c 5 mm diam; involucral bracts c 2 mm long; ray-florets c 4 mm long; disc-florets numerous.

* 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.