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Scientific Name | Aspalathus oblongifolia R.Dahlgren |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/12/04 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 2100 km², seven locations are known. Those around Hermanus and Pringle Bay are declining due to habitat loss to coastal development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Pringle Bay to Hermanus, and at Potberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Potberg Sandstone Fynbos, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Albertinia Sand Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, in sand or sandstone gravel on low mountain slopes and hills. |
Threats |
| Coastal development is a severe ongoing threat for populations occurring along the coast around Pringle Bay and Kleinmond. Approximately 20% of this species' range has been lost to coastal development over the past 150 years. The majority of the loss has taken place in the past 20 years.
Alien species are a threat, especially for subpopulations that occur outside of the reserve areas (e.g. those east of Kleinmond) and for the sub-population on the Potberg.
Pine plantations and orchards threaten the Houwhoek subpopulation. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus oblongifolia R.Dahlgren | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1988. Crotalarieae (Aspalathus). In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 16 Fabaceae, Part 3 Papilionoideae, Fascicle 6:1-430. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Aspalathus oblongifolia R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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