There are about 250 species. Found
worldwide but mainly in the tropics. There are 59 species native to southern
Africa (excluding Zimbabwe and Mozambique).
From Welman 2003 - information excludes Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Barleria affinis
Perennial shrub growing to 1.2 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West; Botswana |
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Barleria albo-pilosa
Perennial herb growing to 0.8 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia;
Botswana |
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Barleria albostellata (Grey
Barleria)
Grysbarleria [Afrikaans]
Perennial shrub growing to 2 m high. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo.
See Joffe (2001: 143).
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Barleria ameliae
Perennial plant, only slightly woody at the base (i.e. a
suffrutex). Grows to a height of 0.6 m high. Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria argillicola
Perennial dwarf shrub / herb, growing to a height of 0.3
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal.
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Barleria bechuanensis
Perennial herb growing to 0.2 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape, Free State.
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Barleria bolusii
Perennial herb growing to 0.2 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo, North West, Gauteng.
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Barleria bremekampii
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to a height of 1.5
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo, North West.
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Barleria crossandriformis (Orange Crossandra) Perennial shrub or herb, growing to a height of 1.2 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West; Swaziland.
See Pooley (1998: 76).
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Barleria cyanea
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to height of 1 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria damarensis
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to height of 0.55
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria delagoensis
Perennial herb growing to height of 1 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal; Mpumalanga; Swaziland.
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Barleria dinteri
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to height of 1.35
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng; Swaziland; Botswana; Namibia.
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Barleria dolomiticola
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.3 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo.
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Barleria elegans (White Bushveld
Barleria)
umhlalulwane [Zulu] Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of
1.8 m. See Pooley (1998: 198). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland; Namibia. |
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Barleria galpinii
Perennial s hrub or herb, growing to height of 1 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Namibia; Botswana.
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Barleria greenii (Green's Barleria, Wild Bush
Petunia)
Perennial shrub, growing to height of 1.8 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal. See Pooley
(1998: 436); link: Barleria
greenii (PlantzAfrica.com).
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Barleria gueinzii
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 1.2
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland.
See Pooley (1998: 488).
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Barleria holubii
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.6 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo.
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Barleria irritans
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.35 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape.
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Barleria jasminiflora
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.2 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape.
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Barleria jubata Perennial dwarf shrub growing to height of 0.6
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria kaloxytona
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.45 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria lanceolata
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to height of 0.8
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria lancifolia Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to
height of 1.5 m. See Pooley (1998: 488).
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West,
Gauteng; Botswana; Namibia
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Barleria lichtensteiniana
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.4 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape; Namibia. |
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Barleria lugardii
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to a height of 0.7
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia.
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Barleria mackenii
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.75 m. Distribution in
southern Africa: South Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia |
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Barleria macrostegia
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.5 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West,
Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia.
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Barleria matopensis
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.4 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo.
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Barleria media
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.1 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape.
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Barleria meeuseana
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to height of 0.9 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria megalosiphon
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.15 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia.
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Barleria merxmuelleri
Perennial dwarf shrub growing to height of 0.5 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria meyeriana Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.9
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland.
See Pooley (1998: 488).
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Barleria monticola
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.45 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Free State. See Pooley (1998: 490).
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Barleria natalensis
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.75
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal.
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Barleria obtusa (Bush
violet)
Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to
height of 1 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West,
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Barleria ovata
Perennial herb growing to a height of 0.8 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga; Swaziland.
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Barleria oxyphylla
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.4 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga; Swaziland.
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Barleria papillosa
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to height of 0.9
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape; Namibia.
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Barleria pretoriensis
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to height
of 0.9 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng, North West; Botswana.
See van Wyk & Malan (1997: 32).
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Barleria prionitoides
Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of
1 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria pungens
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.45
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Western Cape, Eastern Cape.
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Barleria randii
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.3 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > North West; Botswana. |
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Barleria rehmannii
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.3 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo, Gauteng; Swaziland.
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Barleria repens (Small Bush Violet)
Bosviooltjie, Kleinbosviooltjie [Afrikaans] Perennial shrub, herb or climber, growing to height of
1.5 m. See Pooley (1998: 76); Joffe (2001: 145). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal.
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Barleria rigida
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to a height of 0.8
m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape, Free State; Botswana; Namibia.
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Barleria rogersii
Perennial dwarf shrub growing to height of 0.6 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo; Namibia.
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Barleria rotundifolia (Spiny
Yellow Barleria, Thorny Bush Violet, Yellow Barleria)
Geelbarleria [Afrikaans]
Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, growing to a height of 2 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo, Mpumalanga.
See Joffe (2001: 146).
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Barleria saxatilis
Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to a height
of 1.5 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland.
See Pooley (1998: 490).
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Barleria senensis
Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to a height
of 1.5 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia.
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Barleria solitaria
Perennial dwarf shrub growing to height of 0.5 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria spinulosa Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to
a height of 1 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa.
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Barleria stimulans
Skerpioenbos [Afrikaans] See Shearing & van Heerden (1994: 140).
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Barleria transvaalensis
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.5 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo. |
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Barleria violacea
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.2 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia.
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Barleria virgula
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 0.4 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng; Botswana.
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Barleria wilmsiana Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of
0.6 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga.
See Pooley (1998: 490).
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