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Scientific Name | Wurmbea angustifolia B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | COLCHICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/09/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Free State Drakensberg, extending to adjacent areas in Lesotho. There is an isolated subpopulation on the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | East Griqualand Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Plants grow at the base of rocks and rock sheets where moisture collects in moist montane and subalpine grassland. |
Threats |
| There are no severe threats to this species. A very small proportion of its habitat has been lost to timber plantations, and in places it is threatened by encroaching alien invasive plants. Most of its habitat is however well protected and it is not expected to decline significantly. |
Population |
A common but localized habitat specialist.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wurmbea angustifolia B.Nord. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Carbutt, C. and Edwards, T.J. 2006. The endemic and near-endemic angiosperms of the Drakensberg Alpine Centre. South African Journal of Botany 72:105-132.
La Croix, I. 2009. Colchicaceae. In: J.R. Timberlake and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 12 (Part 2):176-195. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Maroyi, A. 2002. Colchicaceae in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1):1-10.
Meter, E.B., Edwards, T.J., Rennie, M.A. and Granger, J.E. 2002. A checklist of the plants of Mahwaqa Mountain, KwaZulu-Natal. Bothalia 32(1):101-115.
Nordenstam, B. 1978. The genus Wurmbea in Africa except the Cape region. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 36:211-233.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Wurmbea angustifolia B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/15 |
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