| Scientific Name | Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | OROBANCHACEAE | Synonyms | Alectra avensis (Benth.) Merr., Alectra barbata (Hiern) Melch., Alectra communis Hemsl., Alectra indica Benth., Alectra melampyroides Benth., Alectra senegalensis Benth. var. pallescens Bonati, Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. barbata (Hiern) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. monticola (Engl.) Melch., Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. sessiliflora forma barbata (Hiern) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Bartsia scabra (Thunb.) Spreng., Gerardia sessiliflora Vahl, Glossostylis avensis Benth., Glossostylis capensis Benth., Melasma barbatum Hiern, Melasma indicum (Benth.) Wettst. var. monticolum Engl., Melasma indicum (Benth.) Wettst., not Alectra indica Benth., Melasma sessiliflorum (Vahl) Hiern, Nigrina sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze (in part), Rhinanthus scaber Thunb. | Common Names | Verfblommetjie (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/01/20 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Alectra sessiliflora is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape | Range | This species is widespread across sub-Saharan Africa, extending to India, China and the Philippines. In South Africa it occurs widespread across the eastern summer rainfall region, extending along the southern Cape to the Cape Peninsula and northwards to the Gifberg. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, South Hex Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Goukamma Dune Thicket, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Knysna Sand Fynbos, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Hamburg Dune Thicket, St Francis Dune Thicket, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Garden Route Granite Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Robertson Granite Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Breede Sand Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Transkei Coastal Belt, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, East Griqualand Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, North Hex Sandstone Fynbos, Income Sandy Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Egoli Granite Grassland | Description | It occurs in damp to seasonally inundated places on flats and lower slopes. |
Population | Alectra sessiliflora is a widespread and very common weedy species (Morawetz and Wolfe 2011).
| Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. monticola (Engl.) Melch. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. sessiliflora | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Morawetz, J.J. and Wolfe, A.D. 2011. Taxonomic revision of the Alectra sessiliflora complex (Orobanchaceae). Systematic Botany 36(1):141-152.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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