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Scientific Name | Metalasia cephalotes (Thunb.) Less. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium cephalotes Thunb., Metalasia cephalotes Levyns |
Common Names | Blombos (a), Blombossie (a), Rooiblombossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2005/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread and not declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Most common in the mountains between Paarl, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch, including the Hottentots Holland Mountains. There is one disjunct record from Strawberry Hill in the Langeberg Mountains, and a record from the Swartberg Mountains near Ladismith needs confirmation. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Mountain slopes, sandstone fynbos, 300-1200 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia cephalotes (Thunb.) Less. | Least Concern | 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.
Karis, P.O. 1989. Systematics of the genus Metalasia (Asteraceae - Gnaphalieae). Opera Botanica 99:1-150.
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 |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2005. Metalasia cephalotes (Thunb.) Less. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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