Genus: 6 species; South Africa, Yemen.
Clades: Wellstedioideae;
Wellstediaceae;
Boraginales,
Lamiidae;
Asteranae; Angioseprmae,
Plants.
Region: South Africa.
BotanyHerb to dwarf shrub; perennial.
Leaves: densely hairy.
Flowers: 4-merous; style terminal, bifid.
Fruit: capsule; with 1 or 2 seeds.
TaxonomyWellstedia issometimes placed in Wellstedioideae, a subfamily of
Boraginaceae and sometimes placed in a family of its own,
Wellstediaceae.
Morphologically Wellstedia displays strong similarity to genera of the Ehretioideae and also to certain members of the
Hydrophyllaceae.