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Scientific Name | Indigofera velutina E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Isikhubabende (z), Isiphungo (z), Umphendu-lobomvu (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/09 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread in eastern South Africa and Swaziland from Polokwane to the Eastern Cape Wild Coast. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Montane and coastal grasslands and woodland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Indigofera velutina E.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. 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.
Schrire, B.D. 1991. Systematic studies in the African Indigofereae (Leguminosae - Papilionioideae). University of Natal.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Indigofera velutina E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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