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Scientific Name | Helichrysum bachmannii Klatt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii,iv,v)+2ab(iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2020/11/24 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Helichrysum bachmannii is poorly collected, as it looks similar to the common H. revolutum. It is currently recorded from four locations and is likely to occur at a minimum of five more. Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is small (716 km²), and there is ongoing habitat degradation due to overgrazing, and habitat loss due to coastal housing development. Over 50% of this species' habitat has been transformed for crop cultivation over the past 100 years. It is therefore listed as Vulnerable under criterion B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa, where it occurs in a small area between Langebaan, Velddrif and Vredenburg on the West Coast. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Langebaan Dune Strandveld |
Description | It occurs on granite outcrops and in sandy soils near the coast. |
Threats |
| Between 30 and 50% of this species' range is already irreversibly modified for wheat cultivation. Plants remain on small fragments and continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to overgrazing and coastal development. |
Population |
Helichrysum bachmannii occurs patchily on granite outcrops and on remnant areas of lowland sands that remain between ploughed agricultural fields. A continuing decline is inferred from ongoing habitat loss and degradation.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Helichrysum bachmannii Klatt | Data Deficient | 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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2020. Helichrysum bachmannii Klatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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