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Scientific Name | Senecio natalicola Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2016/04/21 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from five locations, on location threatened by bush encroachment and alien invasive species and habitat is continuously degraded by irregular fires. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Ngoye to Mkambati. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland |
Description | Marshy ground near streams and rocky grassland. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss and degradation due to plantations and grassland that is irregularly burnt. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio natalicola Hilliard | EN B1ab(iii) | 2017.1 | | Senecio natalicola Hilliard | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1977. Compositae in Natal. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
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 |
| Mtshali, H., Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2016. Senecio natalicola Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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