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Scientific Name | Senecio erosus L.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cineraria crenata Spreng., Cineraria incisa (Thunb.) Willd., Cineraria pandurata Thunb., Doria incisa Thunb., Senecio eriobasis DC., Senecio panduratus (Thunb.) Less. |
Common Names | Smooth Groundsel (e), Sticky-Leaved Groundsel (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/18 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand to the southern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky slopes, sandstone and shale. |
Population |
Locally abundant.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio erosus L.f. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio eriobasis DC. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio panduratus (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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2010. New synonyms and a new name in Asteraceae: Senecioneae from the southern African winter rainfall region. Bothalia 40(1):37-46.
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. 2011. Senecio erosus L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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