Cleome conrathii

{{Short description|Plant endemic to Northern South Africa}}

{{Use South African English|date = April 2025}}

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| image = Cleome conrathii 1.jpg

| image2 = Cleome conrathii 9.jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = SANBI

| status_ref = {{Cite web |title=Threatened Species Programme {{!}} SANBI Red List of South African Plants |url=https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1132-10}}

| genus = Cleome

| species = conrathii

| authority = Burtt Davy

}}

Cleome conrathii is a threatened species of plant endemic to the Northern Provinces of South Africa.{{cite web |title=Cleome conrathii |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/582312-Cleome-conrathii |access-date=10 April 2025 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}}

Range and habitat

Cleome conrathii is found from Kuruman in the Northern Cape to Pretoria in Gauteng. It is found is bushveld and savanna habitat in red sandy soil on stony quartzite slopes.

Conservation status

Cleome conrathii is listed as near threatened in the Red List of South African Plants due to only being found in 8 locations, with the added potential threat from urban expansion, competition from invasive alien plants, poor fire management, overgrazing of livestock, trampling and erosion.

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Category:Flora of the Northern Provinces