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Scientific Name | Senecio flavus (Decne.) Sch.Bip. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Crassocephalum flavum Decne., Senecio brevilimbus S.Moore, Senecio lobelioides DC. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/22 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden, P.F. Matlamela, L. Potter & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Northern Namaqualand, Richtersveld and Kalahari. Widespread in Namibia, and also occurring in arid areas of the Mediterranean basin and North Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Desert and semi-desert. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
A desert annual which flowers in response to rainfall, being very common in years of good rains and apparently very rare in drier years.
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Population trend | Fluctuating |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio lobelioides DC. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio flavus (Decne.) Sch.Bip. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Coleman, M., Aaron, L., Kadereit, J.W. and Abbott, R.J. 2003. Repeat intercontinental dispersal and Pleistocene speciation in disjunct Mediterranean and desert Senecio (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 90(10):1446-1454.
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., Matlamela, P.F., Potter, L. & Kamundi, D.A. 2011. Senecio flavus (Decne.) Sch.Bip. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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