Hilliardiella hirsuta(DC.) H.Rob.

WFO wfo-0000022329 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Hilliardiella hirsuta, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. a Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-31 / obs. 174433550
Hilliardiella hirsuta, photographed by Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan
fig. b Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 172470822
Hilliardiella hirsuta, photographed by Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan
fig. c Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 163249766
Hilliardiella hirsuta, photographed by James Deacon
fig. d James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115284021
Hilliardiella hirsuta, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. e Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102612777
Hilliardiella hirsuta, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. f Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57073807
Hilliardiella hirsuta, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. g Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 54933701
Hilliardiella hirsuta, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. h Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 55162163

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Hilliardiella hirsuta is native: Angola, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe AngolaCape ProvincesDR CongoEswatiniFree StateKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesZimbabwe
Native distribution of Hilliardiella hirsuta, 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
Angola ANG AFRICA
Cape Provinces CPP
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Zimbabwe ZIM

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 6 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.

  • Vernonia flanaganii (E.P.Phillips) O.M.Hilliard
  • Vernonia hirsuta (DC.) Sch.Bip.
  • Vernonia hirsuta var. flanaganii E.Phillips
  • Vernonia hirsuta var. hirsuta
  • Vernonia hirsuta var. obtusifolia (DC.) Harv.
  • Webbia hirsuta 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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