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Scientific Name | Lachenalia pallida Aiton |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Lachenalia bicolor Lodd., Lachenalia fragrans Jacq., Lachenalia gillettii W.F.Barker, Lachenalia lucida Ker Gawl., Lachenalia odoratissima Baker, Lachenalia purpurea Jacq., Lachenalia pustulata F.Dietr., Lachenalia pustulata Jacq., Lachenalia pustulata Jacq. var. densiflora Tratt., Lachenalia pyramidalis Dehnh., Lachenalia racemosa Ker Gawl., Lachenalia reclinata F.Dietr., Lachenalia unicolor Jacq. |
Common Names | Bleekviooltjie (a), Viooltjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/10/17 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff, D. Raimondo, G.D. Duncan & N.A. Helme |
Justification | Although 80% of its habitat has been lost (mainly due to wheat cultivation) this species is very common in Swartland renosterveld and it still remains on more than 40 renosterveld fragments where it occurs in large numbers. The generation length of five to 10 years is too short for this species to qualify under criterion A. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is found from Piketberg to Stellenbosch. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
Description | It occurs in clay flats in renosterveld. Dry fruits split open, and seeds are dispersed locally. Pollinated by honey bees. |
Threats |
| This species has already lost 80% of its habitat, predominantly due to agriculture and urban expansion around Cape Town, and coastal development between Elands and False Bays. Urban development and invasion of habitat by alien grass are moderate ongoing threats. Quarrying is also a threat. |
Population |
One of the most common species L. pallida is still to be seen flowering in its thousands in spring, favouring moist, heavy ground in the Piketberg, Malmesbury, Wellington and Stellenbosch districts (Duncan 1988).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachenalia pallida Aiton | Declining | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachenalia pustulata Jacq. | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachenalia gillettii W.F.Barker | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachenalia unicolor Jacq. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Baker, J.G. 1897. Liliaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis VI (Haemodoraceae to Liliaceae):253-528. L. Reeve & Co., London.
Duncan, G.D. 1988. Lachenalia handbook. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden 17:1-71.
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.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D., Raimondo, D., Duncan, G.D. & Helme, N.A. 2019. Lachenalia pallida Aiton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/08 |
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