| Scientific Name | Ursinia nana DC. subsp. nana | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | ASTERACEAE | Synonyms | Ursinia abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex Walp., Ursinia affinis Harv., Ursinia annua Less. ex Harv., Ursinia engleriana Muschl., Ursinia indecora DC., Ursinia matricariifolia Dinter, Ursinia schinzii Dinter | Common Names | Geelmagriet (a), Sehalikane (ss), Yellow Margaret (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/03/03 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape | Range | This taxon is widespread across South Africa, as well as throughout southern and tropical Africa as far north as Eritrea and Ethiopia. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Kahams Mountain Desert, Roggeveld Karoo, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Western Little Karoo, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Tanqua Karoo, Gamka Karoo, Bushmanland Arid Grassland, Bushmanland Basin Shrubland, Eastern Upper Karoo, Hantam Karoo, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland, Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos, Northern Upper Karoo, Tanqua Wash Riviere, Southern Karoo Riviere, Bushmanland Vloere, Kuruman Thornveld, Namaqualand Riviere, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Upper Karoo Hardeveld, Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld, Kuruman Mountain Bushveld, Western Upper Karoo, Namaqualand Blomveld, Bushmanland Sandy Grassland, Eastern Lower Karoo, Eastern Gariep Rocky Desert, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Lower Gariep Broken Veld, Amathole Montane Grassland, Kouga Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld, Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld, Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos, Garden Route Shale Fynbos, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Garden Route Granite Fynbos, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Xhariep Karroid Grassland, Central Free State Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Knysna Sand Fynbos, Senqu Montane Shrubland, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Gordonia Duneveld, Motherwell Karroid Thicket, Escarpment Arid Thicket, Prince Albert Succulent Karoo, Eastern Little Karoo, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Tanqua Escarpment Shrubland, Grass Ridge Bontveld, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Stinkfonteinberge Eastern Apron Shrubland, Aggeneys Gravel Vygieveld, Doubledrift Karroid Thicket, Kimberley Thornveld, Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland, Sundays Valley Thicket, Baviaans Valley Thicket, Albany Valley Thicket, Namaqualand Shale Shrubland, Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, St Francis Dune Thicket, Anenous Plateau Shrubland, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Goukamma Dune Thicket, Moot Plains Bushveld, Escarpment Valley Thicket, Canca Limestone Fynbos, Fish Mesic Thicket, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos, Escarpment Mesic Thicket, Montagu Shale Fynbos, Stinkfonteinberge Quartzite Fynbos, Breede Quartzite Fynbos, Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Fish Valley Thicket, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Bethelsdorp Bontveld, North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, South Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos, South Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Helskloof Canyon Desert, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation, Western Gariep Hills Desert, Western Gariep Lowland Desert, Eastern Gariep Plains Desert, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert, Eastern Inland Shale Band Vegetation, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Willowmore Gwarrieveld, Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Highveld Alluvial Vegetation, Muscadel Riviere, Western Gwarrieveld, Mons Ruber Fynbos Thicket, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos, Peninsula Shale Fynbos, Suurberg Shale Fynbos, Gamka Arid Thicket, Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert, Boland Granite Fynbos, Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket, Albertinia Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos, Nanaga Savanna Thicket, Greyton Shale Fynbos, Noms Mountain Desert, Central Knersvlakte Vygieveld, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Kosiesberg Succulent Shrubland, Rooiberg Quartz Vygieveld, Kamiesberg Mountains Shrubland, Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland, Kobee Succulent Shrubland, Knersvlakte Dolomite Vygieveld, Vanrhynsdorp Gannabosveld, Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland, Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld, Eenriet Plains Succulent Shrubland, Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland, Northern Knersvlakte Vygieveld, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Bedford Dry Grassland, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Knersvlakte Shale Vygieveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Bhisho Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld, Postmasburg Thornveld, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Kathu Bushveld, Southern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Northern Free State Shrubland, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Robertson Karoo, Agter-Sederberg Shrubland, Swartruggens Quartzite Karoo, Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld, Namaqualand Spinescent Grassland, Rosyntjieberg Succulent Shrubland, Northern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld, Marikana Thornveld, Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld, East Griqualand Grassland, Ceres Shale Renosterveld, Baviaanskloof Shale Renosterveld, Uniondale Shale Renosterveld, Swartberg Shale Renosterveld, Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld, Breede Alluvium Renosterveld, Loerie Conglomerate Fynbos, Kango Conglomerate Fynbos, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kango Limestone Renosterveld, Aliwal North Dry Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Leolo Summit Sourveld, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Egoli Granite Grassland, Albany Bontveld, Winburg Grassy Shrubland, Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Stormberg Plateau Grassland, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland, Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Bloemfontein Karroid Shrubland | Description | It occurs on sandy and loamy soils and gravel slopes and flats, often in disturbed habitats. |
Population | This is a widespread and abundant weedy taxon (Hilliard 1977).
| Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ursinia nana DC. subsp. nana | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Ursinia nana DC. subsp. nana. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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