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Sansevieria pearsonii
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Epworth
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Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Sansevieria desertii N.E. Br. |
| Common names: | Spiky mother-in-law's tongue (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Succulent perennial, up to 1 m, with a fan of hard, ribbed, cylindric leaves, overlapping near the base. The leaves are spine-tipped at the apex. Inflorescence a tall raceme of pinkish-brown to blue-mauve flowers, usually opening at night. |
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| Habitat: | A colony-forming species of dry scrub and woodland, often in rocky or sandy areas. |
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| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 59. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Sansevieria pearsonii:
Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Sansevieria pearsonii pageAfrican Plant Database: Sansevieria pearsonii
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Sansevieria pearsonii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sansevieria pearsonii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Sansevieria pearsonii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sansevieria pearsonii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Sansevieria pearsonii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sansevieria pearsonii
JSTOR Plant Science: Sansevieria pearsonii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sansevieria pearsonii
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Sansevieria pearsoniiTropicos: Sansevieria pearsonii
West African Plants database: Sansevieria pearsonii
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