Distribution Map

Eumorphia swaziensis

                   
                   
                                               
(Eumorphia sp)

Asteraceae Asteroideae Anthemideae Phymasperminae

Eswatini Red List status (2024): VU - Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)

As at April 2024, 4 herbarium specimens, 11 photo records

IUCN Red List: VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)

Global Distribution: Endemic to Eswatini
Flora Protection Act: Schedule A

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Eumorphia swaziensis - Small shrub, densely branched, up to 60 cm high. Leaves opposite or alternate, very numerous, slender, up to 2 cm long, half-erect, usually three-lobed above middle but some shorter and undivided. Flower-heads numerous, shortly stalked in irregular more or less flat-topped inflorescences; involucral bracts in 3-5 rows, c 5 mm long, tips membranous, hairless; receptacle with long narrow scales. Ray-florets five, female, expanded part c 3 mm long, white, three-toothed, hairless. Disc-florets bisexual, corolla tubular, five-lobed; anthers appendaged; ovary slightly ribbed, hairless, style-branches blunt. Pappus absent.

* 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.