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Scientific Name | Diascia gracilis Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/10/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 1177 km²) and relatively poorly known species that is suspected to be overlooked, rather than rare or threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment to the Olifants River Valley and northern Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Loamy soils in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Parts of this species' habitat has been ploughed for the cultivation of rooibos tea. It is however unlikely to have had a severe impact on the population, as this is an annual species that is likely to be resilient to disturbance. |
Population |
This species is known from only seven collections, but is suspected to be overlooked, rather than rare or threatened. Specimen notes indicate that it is locally common, particularly after fire. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Diascia gracilis Schltr. | LC | 2017.1 | | Diascia gracilis Schltr. | Threatened | 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.
Hiern, W.P. 1904. Scrophulariaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section II (Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae):121-420. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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. 2016. Diascia gracilis Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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