| Scientific Name | Scabiosa columbaria L. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | DIPSACACEAE | Synonyms | Scabiosa anthemifolia Eckl. & Zeyh., Scabiosa austro-africana Heine | Common Names | Bitterbos (a), Hlaku-ea-pitsi (ss), Ibheka (z), Ilelemimoya (x), Isilawu Esikhulu (x), Iyeza Lamehlo (x), Jongmansknoop (a), Jonkmansknoop (a), Koringblom (a), Makgha (x), 'mamokhale (ss), Meerjarige Skurfkruid (a), Moholungoane (ss), Morning Bride (e), Perennial Scabious (e), Rice Flower (e), Scabious (e), Selomi (ss), Selömi (ss), Tlhaku Ea Pitsi (ss), Ubucubele (z), Udoloqina (z), Uxhaphozi (z), Wild Scabiosa (e), Wild Scabious (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2008/01/15 | Assessor(s) | V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter & A.M. Ngwenya |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
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Citation/Red List version | | Scabiosa columbaria L. | Least Concern | 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.
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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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
Williams, V.L., Balkwill, K. and Witkowski, E.T.F. 2007. Size-class prevalence of bulbous and perennial herbs sold in the Johannesburg medicinal plant markets between 1995 and 2001. South African Journal of Botany 73(1):144-155.
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Citation | | Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M. & Ngwenya, A.M. 2008. Scabiosa columbaria L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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