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Scientific Name | Aspalathus salteri L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/30 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & A.L. Schutte-Vlok |
Justification | EOO 8400 km², 18 known locations are declining due to alien plant invasion throughout its range, agriculture on the Agulhas plain, and urban expansion on the Cape Flats and at Infanta. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to Cape Infanta. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on coastal sands mostly associated with limestone. |
Threats |
| Alien invasive plants are a severe ongoing threat throughout this species range
Agriculture: is a severe ongoing threat with some of the historic locations on the Agulhas Plain e.g. Koude River likely to be extinct
Urban expansion is a severe past and moderate ongoing threat for sub populations on the Cape Flats and at Infanta. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus salteri L.Bolus | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1963. Revision of the genus Aspalathus. II. The species with ericoid and pinoid leaflets. 3. The Aspalathus ciliaris group and some related groups. Opera Botanica 8(1):1-179.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2007. Aspalathus salteri L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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