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Scientific Name | Salvia thermarum Van Jaarsv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/12/13 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, E.J. van Jaarsveld & D. Raimondo |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by spreading alien invasive hakeas. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Worcester, Badsberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | North-facing slopes in fynbos amongst quartzitic sandstone rocks and soil. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants (hakeas). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Salvia thermarum Van Jaarsv. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. 1999. Lamiaceae: Salvia thermara, a new species from the Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 29(1):100-102.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., van Jaarsveld, E.J. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Salvia thermarum Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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