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Scientific Name | Metalasia oligocephala P.O.Karis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2017/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | Plants at one known location are potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Langeberg near Swellendam, between Protea Valley and Nooitgedacht. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Plants grow on sandstone slopes or on shale bands. |
Threats |
| Scattered alien invasive Hakeas are present within the species' habitat (N.A. Helme pers. obs. 2008) and is likely to outcompete native plant species if left unmanaged. |
Population |
This species is localized to a shale band on the upper northern slopes of the Langeberg. The population is large, consisting of at least 1000 mature individuals (N.A. Helme pers. obs. 2008).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia oligocephala P.O.Karis | VU D2 | 2020.1 | | Metalasia oligocephala P.O.Karis | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Metalasia oligocephala P.O.Karis | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2017. Metalasia oligocephala P.O.Karis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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