Distribution Map

Helichrysum miconiifolium

                   
       
(Helichrysum miconiaefolium)

Asteraceae Asteroideae Gnaphalieae 

As at April 2024, 7 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Helichrysum miconiifolium - Herbaceous, stems usually unbranched, erect, up to 50 cm high, thinly woolly. Lowest leaves oval or lance-shaped, tapering downwards to narrow-winged stalk, strongly veined below, up to 6 cm long x 2,5 cm wide, gradually diminishing in size and width up stem; all leaves almost hairless. Inflorescence terminal, with several branches all springing from about same point, up to c 8 cm across, with separate compact clusters of few flower-heads. Involucral bracts yellow, rather blunt, c 3 mm long, slightly shorter than 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.