Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: lampranthus

Family: Aizoaceae (Vygie)

Distribution: Western Cape

Habitat: Fynbos

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

National red list: Near Threatened

Comments: In the Sandveld, rapid, recent expansion of potato and rooibos tea cultivation has led to extensive loss in the past 10-15 years. On the Cape Flats and Cape Peninsula, many subpopulations known from historical records are now locally extinct due to habitat loss to urban expansion, and loss is continuing. On the sandy flats around Malmesbury, Mamre and Atlantis, plants are predominantly threatened by competition from dense infestations of alien invasive wattles, while urban and industrial expansion is also causing continued habitat loss. On the coast between Gansbaai and Struisbaai, coastal development is also causing ongoing habitat loss.