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Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
subsp. plumbea
Identified as
Merwilla plumbea subsp. plumbea
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)
-31.006667, 30.177222
Location Remarks
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Identified as
Merwilla plumbea subsp. plumbea
Location
South Africa
Location Remarks
Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Merwilla
Specific Epithet
plumbea
Authorship
(Lindl.) Speta
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 10.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#36,941 of 335,497
Top 12%
Extinction probability
10%
