Leucas glabrata(Vahl) Sm.

WFO wfo-0000226993 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Leucas glabrata, photographed by Caroline Voget
fig. a Caroline Voget, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-16 / obs. 200470207
Leucas glabrata, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. b Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 3224903
Leucas glabrata, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. c rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 199339256
Leucas glabrata, photographed by Ryan Donnelly
fig. d Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198681404
Leucas glabrata, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. e rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176288335
Leucas glabrata, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. f rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 175897787
Leucas glabrata, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. g rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 118239881
Leucas glabrata, photographed by Dave U
fig. h Dave U, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 41303720

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Leucas glabrata is native: Botswana, Cape Provinces, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Yemen BotswanaCape ProvincesDjiboutiEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweSaudi ArabiaYemen
Native distribution of Leucas glabrata, 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
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Cape Provinces CPP
Djibouti DJI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

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 25 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.

  • Heptrilis glabrata (Vahl) Raf.
  • Leonotis glabrata (Vahl) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  • Leonotis glabrata var. linearis (Codd) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  • Leucas chiatelliniana Chiov.
  • Leucas concinna Baker
  • Leucas dinteri Briq.
  • Leucas engleri Gürke
  • Leucas galeopsidea Hochst. ex Benth.
  • Leucas glaberrima Jaub. & Spach
  • Leucas glabrata var. chiatelliniana (Chiov.) Sebald
  • Leucas glabrata var. linearis Codd
  • Leucas glabrata var. subulifera Chiov.
  • Leucas junodii Briq.
  • Leucas microphylla Vatke
  • Leucas mogadoxensis Chiov.
  • Leucas natalensis Sond.
  • Leucas nepetoides Baker
  • Leucas paucijuga Baker
  • Leucas pratensis Vatke
  • Leucas schliebenii Sebald
  • Leucas sennii Lanza & Mattei
  • Leucas shirensis Baker
  • Leucas thymoides Baker
  • Leucas trachyphylla Jaub. & Spach

and 1 more.

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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