Plectranthus grallatusBriq.

WFO wfo-0000275462 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Plectranthus grallatus, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-10 / obs. 196763401
Plectranthus grallatus, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. b Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173721201
Plectranthus grallatus, photographed by James Deacon
fig. c James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115504238
Plectranthus grallatus, photographed by James Deacon
fig. d James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115283958
Plectranthus grallatus, photographed by James Deacon
fig. e James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 103978922
Plectranthus grallatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 42095826
Plectranthus grallatus, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. g Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 22207323
Plectranthus grallatus, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. h Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173421081

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Plectranthus grallatus is native: Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces Cape ProvincesFree StateKwaZulu-NatalLesothoNorthern Provinces
Native distribution of Plectranthus grallatus, 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
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Northern Provinces TVL

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.

  • Germanea grallata Briq.
  • Germanea transvaalensis Briq.
  • Plectranthus cooperi T.Cooke
  • Plectranthus krookii Gürke
  • Plectranthus praetervisus Briq.
  • Plectranthus transvaalensis Briq.

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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