| Scientific Name | Helichrysum mixtum (Kuntze) Moeser | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2015/06/04 | Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff | Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga | Range | Widespread across northern and eastern South Africa, extending as far south as East London in the Eastern Cape. Also occurring on the highlands on the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Amathole Montane Grassland, Bhisho Thornveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Barberton Montane Grassland, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Zululand Lowveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Barberton Serpentine Sourveld, Zastron Moist Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Rand Highveld Grassland, Aliwal North Dry Grassland, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Transkei Coastal Belt, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Zululand Coastal Thornveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Malelane Mountain Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Lydenburg Thornveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Fish Valley Thicket, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld | Description | Rocky slopes in grassland and woodland. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Helichrysum mixtum (Kuntze) Moeser var. mixtum | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Helichrysum mixtum (Kuntze) Moeser var. grandiceps Hilliard | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Hilliard, O.M. 1977. Compositae in Natal. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
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 | | van der Colff, D. 2015. Helichrysum mixtum (Kuntze) Moeser. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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