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Scientific Name | Serruria stellata Rourke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PROTEACEAE |
Common Names | Star Spiderhead (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2019/02/04 |
Assessor(s) | A.G. Rebelo, H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | Serruria stellata is known from three locations where it is potentially threatened by habitat loss to protea cultivation and competition from alien invasive plants. It therefore qualifies for listing as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is confined to Stettynsberg and the western Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It grows on high altitude sandy flats. It is a long-lived species, and survives fires by resprouting from underground boles or rootstocks. Seeds are relased after ripening. Pollinators are not known. |
Threats |
| There is no significant ongoing habitat loss, but some subpopulations are potentially vulnerable to habitat loss to protea orchards, and habitat degradation due to alien invasive plants which are already present at low densities on the northern slopes of Riviersonderend and Stettynsberg. |
Population |
This species is locally abundant, and is known from four subpopulations, that occur at three locations. The population is stable, but is likely to decline in the near future if alien invasive plants are not managed.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| A few plants occur in the Riviersonderend Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Serruria stellata Rourke | VU D2 | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Rebelo, T. 2001. Sasol Proteas: A field guide to the proteas of southern Africa. (2nd ed.). Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Rebelo, A.G., Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2019. Serruria stellata Rourke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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