Pearsonia aristata (Schinz) Dummer

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Pearsonia aristata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.

Pearsonia aristata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.

Pearsonia aristata

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.

Pearsonia aristata

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Nyanga to Troutbeck

Pearsonia aristata

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Nyanga to Troutbeck

Pearsonia aristata

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Nyanga to Troutbeck

Pearsonia aristata

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Nyanga to Troutbeck

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Synonyms: var. gazensis (Baker f.) Dummer
Lotononis aristata Schinz var. gazensis Baker f.
Pearsonia sp. no. 1 (Cookson 6)
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Erect, spreading or sometimes prostrate perennial herb. Stems numerous, branched, up to 1.5 m long, more or less densely covered in appressed to spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, somewhat leathery; leaflets oblanceolate-elliptic, up to 30 mm, hairy when young only; margin entire often thickened. Flowers in lax clusters at the ends of main and short lateral branches, bright yellow, fading to orange. Pods 2-3 cm, narrowly oblong, pointed, straight or slightly curved, pubescent.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: aristata: bearing a long bristle-like point; aristate
Habitat: In montane grassland and Miombo woodland, often in steep rocky places.
Altitude range: (metres) 1450 - 2100 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Eastern Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Northern Province, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution: E
Growth form(s): Perennial.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
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Images last updated: Saturday 25 February 2017
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 43.

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 225. also as Pearsonia sp 1

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 244.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 50.

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 61 - 62. (Includes a picture).

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.


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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pearsonia aristata
African Plant Database: Pearsonia aristata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pearsonia aristata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pearsonia aristata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pearsonia aristata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pearsonia aristata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pearsonia aristata
JSTOR Plant Science: Pearsonia aristata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pearsonia aristata
Plants of the World Online: Pearsonia aristata
Tropicos: Pearsonia aristata
Wikipedia: Pearsonia aristata


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Pearsonia aristata.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=127410, retrieved 28 March 2024

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