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Scientific Name | Salsola verdoorniae Toelken |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/11/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist (AOO <10 km²), potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Western Little Karoo between Barrydale and Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Quartz pebble outcrops in Apronveld. |
Threats |
| This species is not browsed by livestock, but is sensitive to trampling (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok 2010). One subpopulation is potentially vulnerable to road construction (N.A. Helme pers. obs.). |
Population |
Salsola verdoorniae is locally abundant in suitable habitat (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok 2010).
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Population trend | Stable |
Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Salsola verdoorniae Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/12/11 |
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