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Scientific Name | Moraea lurida Ker Gawl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Moraea fusca Baker, Moraea montana Schltr., Phaianthes lurida (Ker Gawl.) Raf., Vieusseuxia lurida (Ker Gawl.) Sweet |
Common Names | Aasuintjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Moraea lurida is locally common after fire, and is not known to be declining. It is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found from Kogelberg to Bredasdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Greyton Shale Fynbos, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in sandy flats and lower mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| Threats to Moraea lurida include changes in native species dynamics, habitat degradation and invasive alien species. |
Population |
A very common species on sandy mountain soils throughout the Caledon district. It is however seldom recorded as it flowers in large numbers only in recently burnt fynbos (Goldblatt 1976). It is especially common in the Kleinrivier Mountains between Hermanus and Stanford (Goldblatt 1986).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Moraea lurida Ker Gawl. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1976. The genus Moraea in the winter rainfall region of southern Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 63(4):657-786.
Goldblatt, P. 1986. The Moraeas of Southern Africa: a systematic monograph of the genus in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 14:1-224. National Botanic Gardens in association with the Missouri Botanical Garden, USA, Cape Town.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Manning, J., Goldblatt, P. and Snijman, D. 2002. The color encyclopedia of Cape bulbs. Timber Press, Portland/Cambridge.
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 |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2017. Moraea lurida Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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