Streptocarpus solenanthus occurs over a wide range from the Manica Highlands on the Zimbabwe Mozambique border, to the Nyika Plateau in Zambia and Malawi, the Vipya Plateau in Malawi, the mountains at the northern end of Lake Malawi and even as far as the Uluguru Mountains in the Eastern Arc mountains, inland of Dar-es-Salaam, in Tanzania. It is a monocarpic, unifoliate species (leaf 350 x 70 mm) and grows both in forest and on rock outcrops. The corolla (22-36 mm) is whitish to pale violet, often with darker violet patches in the throat. With such a huge range more fieldwork is required to better define this species.