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Scientific Name | Helichrysum argyrophyllum DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Common Names | Amatola Weed (e), Everlasting Weed (e), Golden Guinea Everlasting (e), Helichrysum Weed (e), Sewejaartjie (a), Vaalsewejaartjie (a), Vrouebossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2005/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread, abundant and not declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Foothills of the Drakensberg Mountain Range around Ugie and Engcobo to the Katberg, Amathole Mountains and mountains around Pririe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Grassland, favours dry sites at the edges of rock sheets and hard, bare ground. It is a weedy species that thrives in overgrazed or otherwise disturbed on mismanaged grasslands. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Helichrysum argyrophyllum DC. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1983. Gnaphaliinae (First Part). In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 33 Asteraceae, Part 7 Inuleae, Fascicle 2:1-325. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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. 2005. Helichrysum argyrophyllum DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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