Distribution Map

Berkheya bipinnatifida subsp. echinopsoides

(Berkheya bipinnatifida)

Asteraceae Cichorioideae Arctotideae Gorteriinae

As at April 2024, 3 herbarium specimens, 3 visual observations

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Berkheya bipinnatifida - Up to 2 m high, copiously leafy. Stems white-felted. Leaves deeply and repeatedly lobed, margins ending in irregular triangular teeth tipped by long sharp spines, upper surface dark, slightly rough, lower closely white-felted, up to c 20 cm long x 10 cm wide. Flower-heads numerous, short-stalked in terminal clusters, c 1 cm diam; involucral bracts spiny; ray-florets absent; disc-florets mauve or whitish.

* 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.