| Scientific Name | Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2015/06/15 | Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff | Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, extending all through Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Income Sandy Grassland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Frankfort Highveld Grassland, Central Sandy Bushveld, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Roodeberg Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Amathole Montane Grassland, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Bloemfontein Dry Grassland, Central Free State Grassland, Winburg Grassy Shrubland, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Barberton Montane Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Lydenburg Thornveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, Strydpoort Summit Sourveld, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Zastron Moist Grassland, Cathedral Mopane Bushveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Mopane Basalt Shrubland, Tsende Mopaneveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Mopane Gabbro Shrubland, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Kimberley Thornveld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Zululand Coastal Thornveld, Malelane Mountain Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Barberton Serpentine Sourveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Northern Lebombo Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld | Description | Grassland, mopane woodland, thornveld, riverine areas, sandy lake shores and pan margins. |
Threats | | A common, weedy species that is not threatened. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. var. prostrata (Harv.) Meikle | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. var. falcata (E.Mey.) Verdc. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. var. minima | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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 | | van der Colff, D. 2015. Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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