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Scientific Name | Lachenalia obscura Schltr. ex G.D.Duncan |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Common Names | Viooltjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/11 |
Assessor(s) | G.D. Duncan & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Lachenalia obscura is a widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This widespread species occurs from Steinkopf in the southern Richtersveld southwards through Namaqualand and the Roggeveld Escarpment to the Montagu district in the Little Karoo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Roggeveld Karoo, Hantam Karoo, Namaqualand Blomveld, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Citrusdal Vygieveld, Western Upper Karoo, Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld |
Description | It occurs in hard, dry, stony red clay soils in karroid vegetation on flats, low hill slopes and in rocky outcrops. |
Threats |
| Lachenalia obscura is not threatened (Duncan 2012). |
Population |
It is common around Calvinia and Nieuwoudtville, but rare elsewhere in its range, where it occurs as solitary individuals or in small clumps.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia obscura Schltr. ex G.D.Duncan | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Duncan, G.D. 2012. The genus Lachenalia. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Duncan, G.D. & Victor, J.E. 2019. Lachenalia obscura Schltr. ex G.D.Duncan. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/20 |
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