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Scientific Name | Seriphium plumosum L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Artemisia ambigua Thunb., Artemisia vermiculata L., Elytropappus ruschianus Dinter, Stoebe burchellii Levyns, Stoebe cinerea Thunb. (in part), Stoebe cinerea Thunb. var. plumosa (Less.) Harv., Stoebe plumosa (L.) Thunb., Stoebe vulgaris Levyns |
Common Names | 'khoi'-kooigoed (a), Slangbos (a), Slangbossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | An extremely widespread and common species that is not threatened. 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 species is widespread across South Africa, excluding the arid interior of the Northern Cape. It also occurs elsewhere in southern Africa as far north as Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Nama Karoo, Savanna, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in almost any habitat, thriving particularly in overgrazed and disturbed areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Incorrectly listed as Seriphium plumosum L. (unpublished new combination, Koekemoer 2002) in Raimondo et al. 2009. According to an unpublished revision of the genus (Koekemoer 2002), Stoebe burchellii and Stoebe vulgaris (both described in Levyns 1937) are considered synonyms of Stoebe plumosa and are included under this assessment. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Seriphium plumosum L. | 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.
Koekemoer, M. 2002. Systematics of the Metalasia group in the Relhaniinae (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Koekemoer, M. 2016. A monograph of Stoebe and Seriphium (Gnaphalieae, Asteraceae) in southern Africa and neighbouring islands. Phytotaxa 242(1):1-84.
Levyns, M.R. 1937. A revision of Stoebe L. Journal of South African Botany 3:1-35.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2011. Seriphium plumosum L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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