Satyrium bracteatum(L.f.) Thunb.

WFO wfo-0000304660 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Satyrium bracteatum, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. a Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-18 / obs. 172984391
Satyrium bracteatum, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. b Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172984482
Satyrium bracteatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165795528
Satyrium bracteatum, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. d Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 26901048
Satyrium bracteatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15495069
Satyrium bracteatum, photographed by linkie
fig. f linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12156036
Satyrium bracteatum, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. g Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172146261
Satyrium bracteatum, photographed by linkie
fig. h linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176894271

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Satyrium bracteatum is native: Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces Cape ProvincesKwaZulu-NatalLesothoNorthern Provinces
Native distribution of Satyrium bracteatum, 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
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 16 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.

  • Diplecthrum bracteatum (L.f.) Pers.
  • Ophrys bracteata L.f.
  • Satyrium bowiei Rolfe
  • Satyrium bracteatum var. glandulosum Sond.
  • Satyrium bracteatum var. latebracteatum Sond.
  • Satyrium bracteatum var. lineatum (Lindl.) Sond.
  • Satyrium bracteatum var. nanum Bolus
  • Satyrium bracteatum var. pictum (Lindl.) Schltr.
  • Satyrium bracteatum var. saxicola (Bolus) Schltr.
  • Satyrium cordifolium Lindl.
  • Satyrium dregei Rolfe
  • Satyrium fanniniae Rolfe
  • Satyrium lineatum Lindl.
  • Satyrium paludicolum Schltr.
  • Satyrium pictum Lindl.
  • Satyrium saxicola Bolus

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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