Distribution Map

Helichrysum mimetes

           

Asteraceae Asteroideae Gnaphalieae 

Eswatini Red List status (2002): DD

As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

South African Red List status: NT (2020)
Global Distribution: Endemic to Limpopo Mpumalanga Eswatini Escarpment centre of endemism

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Helichrysum lepidissimum - Soft-wooded shrub, up to 50 cm high, sparingly branched. Leaves spreading, spaced evenly along stem, stalk up to 1 cm long; blade roughly circular, c 2 cm diam, thinly hairy and glandular above, loosely white-woolly below. Inflorescence branching, flator convex-topped, not compact, up to 8 cm across; flower-heads c 6 mm long, involucral bracts transparent white or cream, equalling florets.

* 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.