Berkheya discolor(DC.) O.Hoffm. & Muschl.

WFO wfo-0000076707 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Berkheya discolor, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. a Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-29 / obs. 174009812
Berkheya discolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113905957
Berkheya discolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 16030027
Berkheya discolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 16005040
Berkheya discolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 16003170
Berkheya discolor, photographed by Dave U
fig. f Dave U, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 114968066
Berkheya discolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113898199
Berkheya discolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113979777

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Berkheya discolor is native: Cape Provinces, Free State, Lesotho Cape ProvincesFree StateLesotho
Native distribution of Berkheya discolor, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA
Free State OFS
Lesotho LES

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Berkheya kuntzei O.Hoffm.
  • Berkheya kuntzei Kuntze
  • Berkheya microcephala (DC.) R.A.Dyer
  • Berkheya polyacantha S.Moore
  • Berkheya spinulosa N.E.Br.
  • Crocodilodes acarnodes Kuntze
  • Crocodilodes discolor (DC.) Kuntze
  • Crocodilodes kuntzei Kuntze
  • Crocodilodes microcephala (DC.) Kuntze
  • Stobaea acarnoides DC.
  • Stobaea discolor DC.
  • Stobaea microcephala DC.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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