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Scientific Name | Lessertia perennans (Jacq.) DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Drakensberg Escarpment from southern Mpumalanga, through KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho to the Amathole Mountains in the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Western Lesotho Basalt Shrubland, Zastron Moist Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Senqu Montane Shrubland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, East Griqualand Grassland, Mthatha Moist Grassland, Tsomo Grassland, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland |
Description | Streamsides and boulder beds in montane grassland, 1200-2400 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lessertia perennans (Jacq.) DC. var. polystachya (Harv.) L.Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lessertia perennans (Jacq.) DC. var. perennans | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lessertia perennans (Jacq.) DC. var. sericea L.Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Balkwill, M.-J. and Balkwill, K. 1999. The genus Lessertia DC. (Fabaceae - Galegeae) in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). South African Journal of Botany 65(5&6):339-356.
Diniz, M.A. 2003. Galegeae. In: G.V. Pope, R.M. Polhill and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 7):10-21. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Lessertia perennans (Jacq.) DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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