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Scientific Name | Lachenalia contaminata Aiton |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Lachenalia albida Tratt., Lachenalia angustifolia Jacq., Lachenalia fragrans Lodd., Lachenalia hyacinthina Hort., Lachenalia hyacinthoides Jacq |
Common Names | Wild Hyacinth (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/24 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from a relatively large range (EOO 22 000 km²), and we estimate that there are more than 20 locations remaining. Subpopulations are severely fragmented and are experiencing continuing declines as a result of agricultural expansion, overgrazing and encroachment from invasive alien grass species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Lambert's Bay to De Hoop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Breede Alluvium Renosterveld, Breede Shale Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos, Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | Seasonally wet flats. |
Threats |
| Urban expansion has caused extensive population decline in this formerly common species, particularly on the Cape Flats. Elsewhere in the range, lowland habitats are also extensively transformed for crop cultivation, which has resulted in severe fragmentation of remaining subpopulations. Plants on small fragments are threatened by alien invasive encroachment, particularly grasses, and by heavy livestock grazing. Further habitat loss to urban and agricultural expansion is also still ongoing. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia contaminata Aiton | NT B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Lachenalia contaminata Aiton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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