| Scientific Name | Chaenostoma halimifolium Benth. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE | Synonyms | Chaenostoma laxiflorum Benth., Chaenostoma pumilum Benth., Manulea halimifolia (Benth.) Kuntze, Manulea oppositiflora Vent. var. angustifolia Kuntze, Sphenandra cinerea Engl., Sutera halimifolia (Benth.) Kuntze, Sutera laxiflora (Benth.) Kuntze, Sutera pumila (Benth.) Kuntze |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/02/18 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Chaenostoma halimifolium is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape | Range | This species is widespread across the dry interior of South Africa, extending to the Cape south coast at Humansdorp. It also occurs in Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Uniondale Shale Renosterveld, Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld, Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld, Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld, Baviaans Valley Thicket, Stormberg Plateau Grassland, Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Aliwal North Dry Grassland, Xhariep Karroid Grassland, Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland, Bloemfontein Dry Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Saltaire Karroid Thicket, Crossroads Grassland Thicket, Doubledrift Karroid Thicket, Eastern Gwarrieveld, Escarpment Arid Thicket, Escarpment Valley Thicket, Fish Arid Thicket, Southern Karoo Riviere, Gamka Arid Thicket, Bushmanland Vloere, Sundays Arid Thicket, Sundays Valley Thicket, Willowmore Gwarrieveld, Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Western Free State Clay Grassland, Fish Valley Thicket, Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld, Central Free State Grassland, Steytlerville Karoo, Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Mafikeng Bushveld, Kuruman Mountain Bushveld, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Eastern Upper Karoo, Stella Bushveld, Northern Upper Karoo, Kimberley Thornveld, Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Kuruman Thornveld, Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld, Bedford Dry Grassland, Bhisho Thornveld, Zastron Moist Grassland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Tsomo Grassland, Prince Albert Succulent Karoo, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Winburg Grassy Shrubland, Bushmanland Basin Shrubland, Gamka Karoo, Eastern Lower Karoo, Albany Broken Veld, Western Upper Karoo, Upper Karoo Hardeveld, Queenstown Thornveld | Description | It occurs on rocky slopes and outcrops. |
Population | Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
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Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chaenostoma halimifolium Benth. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
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 | | von Staden, L. 2020. Chaenostoma halimifolium Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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