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Scientific Name | Heterorhachis aculeata (Burm.f.) Roessler |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Berkheya eryngiifolia Less., Berkheya palmata (Thunb.) Willd., Berkheya pinnata (Thunb.) Less., Carlina aculeata Burm.f., Crocodilodes eryngiifolium (Less.) Kuntze, Crocodilodes palmatum (Thunb.) Kuntze, Crocodilodes pinnatum (Thunb.) Kuntze, Heterorhachis spinosissima Sch.Bip. ex Walp., Rohria palmata Thunb., Stobaea pinnata Thunb. |
Common Names | Koringdissel (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/14 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 75OO km², known from less than 10 locations. Declining due to crop cultivation (Rooibos and cereals), urban expansion and sand quarrying. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment to Koeberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Nardouw Sandstone Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos |
Description | Normally deep acid sands, but also in granitic loam/acid sand ecotone areas. |
Threats |
| Crop cultivation (Rooibos and cereals) threaten subpopulations on the Bokkeveld plateau.
Urban exapnsion, crop cultivation and invasive aliens are threats in the Mamre Road and Vlakfontein Perdeberg subpopulations.
Sand quarrying is a threat to subpopulations occurring at Perdeberg. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Heterorhachis aculeata (Burm.f.) Roessler | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 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.
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. 2007. Heterorhachis aculeata (Burm.f.) Roessler. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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