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Scientific Name | Phymaspermum acerosum (DC.) Källersjö |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Athanasia acerosa (DC.) D.Dietr, Athanasia natalensis Schltr., Athanasia villosa Hilliard, Morysia acerosa DC., Pentzia pinnatifida Oliv. var. chenoleoides Hutch., Pentzia stenocephala Thell., Phymaspermum villosum (Hilliard) Källersjö |
Common Names | Geelblombos (a), Isibhaha-segceke (z), Umhlonishwa (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/01/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | 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 |
Range | Port Elizabeth (Eastern Cape) to the Wolkberg (Limpopo Province). It also occurs in Lesotho and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Grassland and forest margins, 60-2200 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Citation |
von Staden, L. 2017. Phymaspermum acerosum (DC.) Källersjö. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/12/06 |