| Scientific Name | Crassula alba Forssk. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2015/06/11 | 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, Swaziland and Lesotho, extending northwards across eastern Africa to Ethiopia. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Leolo Summit Sourveld, Lydenburg Thornveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, Woodbush Granite Grassland, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Barberton Montane Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Frankfort Highveld Grassland, Northern Free State Shrubland, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Strydpoort Summit Sourveld, Western Lesotho Basalt Shrubland, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Amathole Montane Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, Senqu Montane Shrubland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Egoli Granite Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Tsakane Clay Grassland, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Zululand Lowveld, Zululand Coastal Thornveld, Marikana Thornveld, Granite Lowveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Ngongoni Veld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, East Griqualand Grassland, Mabela Sandy Grassland, Mthatha Moist Grassland, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Income Sandy Grassland, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld | Description | Rocky places on gentle slopes in moist grasslands, sometimes in shallow soils on rock ledges. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crassula alba Forssk. var. parvisepala (Schönland) Toelken | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Crassula alba Forssk. var. alba | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Crassula alba Forssk. var. pallida Toelken | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. 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. Crassula alba Forssk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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