PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / GENTIANALES / APOCYNACEAE / ASCLEPIADOIDEAE / ASCLEPIADEAE / WOODIA / VERRUCULOSA
Stem simple, 6-10 in. high, apparently slightly compressed, glabrous with the exception of a puberulous line down one side; leaves in 4-7 pairs; petiole 1-3 1/2 lin. long; blade 1 1/3-2 1/4 in. long, 1/2-1 1/4 in. broad, ovate, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, with a somewhat pungent apiculus, rounded to subcordate at the base, glabrous on both sides, slightly scabrid on the slightly thickened margin; umbels 2-4, erect, lateral and terminal, racemose or occasionally subcorymbose, 4-5-flowered; peduncles 1/2-1 1/2 in. long, puberulous down one side; bracts 2-3 lin. long, subulate, glabrous; pedicels 7-10 lin. long, puberulous on one side; sepals as long as or longer than the corolla, suberect, about 1/4 in. long and 3/4 lin. broad, tapering from the base to the very acute apex, more or less revolute at the margins, glabrous or very thinly sprinkled with minute hairs; corolla-lobes erect with more or less incurved tips, 2 1/2-2 3/4 lin. long, 1 lin. broad at the base, thence tapering to the acute apex, flatfish, with revolute margins, glabrous on both sides, apparently purple-brown with green or pale margins on the back, perhaps greenish on the inner face; corona-lobes arising at the base of the staminal column and their margins ascending it as very narrow wings, 1 1/4 lin. long, 3-lobed, erect; middle lobe lanceolate-subulate with a very prominent stout keel on the inner face at the lower part, slightly incurved and reaching to the top of the anthers; lateral lobes much shorter, linear, obtuse, very slightly falcate, quite erect on each side of the central keel, with their flat sides facing each other; staminal column 1 1/4 lin. long; anther-appendages broader than long, reniform, obtuse, very abruptly inflexed over the margin of the truncate style-apex; follicle solitary, 3-3 1/2 in. long, 3/4 in. thick, stoutly fusiform, acute, beset with several series of spine-like processes, 3/4-1 1/2 lin. long, glabrous. From: Brown, NE. 1907. Asclepiadeae. In: WT Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4(4): 518-672. Lovell Reeve & Co., London. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15242#page/532/mode/1up] [All rights reserved]
Perennial, geophytic herb; stems solitary, unbranched, erect, 150-250 mm high. Leaves waxy, erect, lanceolate to ovate, 33-56 x 22-30 mm, base rounded, apex acute; midrib and secondary veins prominent below; petioles 6.6-14.0 mm long. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, up to 4 per stem, racemose with lax umbels, 4-6-flowered. Flowers with pedicels 15-20 mm long. Corolla green, rotate, erect and flexed inwards at narrow apex to form a cage over gynostegial column, narrowly lanceolate, 5-6 x 2 mm, margins strongly revolute. Staminal corona white, complex, lobes dorso-ventrally flattened, trifid with inner lobule linear fleshy and falcate, ± 2.6 mm high, level with style-stigma-head; lateral lobules erect, short and narrowly dentate. From: Nicholas, A; Glen, M; Shuttleworth, A; Bester, SP. 2019. Apocynaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 321-417. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Rocky, midland grassveld, alt. 600-1000 m. Sub-Escarpment Grassland. From: Nicholas, A; Glen, M; Shuttleworth, A; Bester, SP. 2019. Apocynaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 321-417. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Eastern Region: Griqualand East; mountains around Clydesdale; Natal; hills near Camperdown. From: Brown, NE. 1907. Asclepiadeae. In: WT Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4(4): 518-672. Lovell Reeve & Co., London. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15242#page/532/mode/1up] [All rights reserved]
600 to 1000 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitter cress | English | NH0034675-0 |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Gentianales
FAMILY Apocynaceae
SUBFAMILY Asclepiadoideae
TRIBE Asclepiadeae
GENUS Woodia
SPECIES verruculosa
13 results for Woodia verruculosa Schltr.
Barcode: PRE0349719-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 4966 | 1893-10-5
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, CAMPERDOWN; HILL
General notes: Grassy Hill at Camperdown.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0140226-0 Collector(s) & number: Styles, DGA, 4860 | 2014-10-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, On the outskirts of Clydesdale, the town in view.
General notes: Only2 plants seen.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0080299-0 Collector(s) & number: Nicholas, A, 943 | 1980-11-4
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Roy Heskath race course in grassland near stands on south side.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0033767-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, 4259 | 1940-12-24
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Zondela. Mahlabathini District.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0012855-0 Collector(s) & number: Franks, M, JMWood11715 | -10-19
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Camperdown
General notes: Flowers green. (Note: unable to view date year collected since board is torn)
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0004773-0 Collector(s) & number: Medley-Wood, J, 4079 | 1888-10-10
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Camperdown, Grassy hill
General notes: Flowers: green
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0349720-0 Collector(s) & number: Wood, JM, 5012 | 1893-11-28
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, HOWICK; HILL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2019
SERIES CHAPTER
Apocynaceae Nicholas, A; Glen, M; Shuttleworth, A; Bester, SPIn: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1)321-417
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1997
1907
FLORA
Asclepiadeae Brown, NEIn: WT Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae. Flora Capensis 4(4)518-672
Lovell Reeve & Co., London
No results found for Woodia verruculosa Schltr.
Status and criteria
VU
Assessor(s)
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