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Scientific Name | Diascia pusilla K.E.Steiner |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/01 |
Assessor(s) | K.E. Steiner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 3619 km², recorded from nine locations but likely to occur at a few more (<20 locations suspected). It is declining throughout its range as a result of habitat loss to crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Darling to Lambert's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos |
Description | Well-drained to damp loose white to greyish sands. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation throughout its range. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Diascia pusilla K.E.Steiner | NT B1ab(iii) | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Steiner, K.E. 2009. Three new species of Diascia (Scrophulariaceae) from the Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 39(1):11-17.
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Citation |
| Steiner, K.E. & Raimondo, D. 2014. Diascia pusilla K.E.Steiner. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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