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Scientific Name | Stachys comosa Codd |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/24 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | This species has a restricted range (EOO 2060 km²), known from four locations which are potentially threatened by too frequent fires and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Southern KwaZulu-Natal, between Richmond and Harding. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland |
Description | Grassy slopes, often among rocks. |
Threats |
| Around Dumisa, severe forestry plantations and human settlement have caused severe habitat loss. Potentially threatened by spread of invasive pine seedlings into its habitat from surrounding timber plantations. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stachys comosa Codd | VU D2 | 2017.1 | | Stachys comosa Codd | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Stachys comosa Codd | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Codd, L.E. 1986. Lamiaceae: a new species of Stachys; a new species of Thorncroftia. Bothalia 16(1):51-53.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2015. Stachys comosa Codd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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