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Pearsonia metallifera
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Mtoroshanga Pass, Gt Dyke
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Mtoroshanga Pass, Gt Dyke
Photo: Bart Wursten
Great Dyke, nr Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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| Frequency: | Very locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Bushy perennial up to 1m high, growing from a strong woody rootstock or taproot. Most parts densely silvery hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets up to c. 3 × 1.5 cm, elliptic-obovate to oblanceolate; petiole 0.4-1.2 cm long; stipules absent. Flowers yellow, clustered at the ends of branches, sometimes appearing axillary due to very short branchlets. Calyx 1.1-1.4 cm long. Standard 1.4-1.8 cm long, elliptic, pubescent outside. Pod c. 1.8 cm long, narrowly oblong, pointed at the apex, densely silvery-grey velvety. |
| Notes: | Known only from five localities of serpentine soils on the Great Dyke |
| Derivation of specific name: | metallifera, metal-liking; referring to its restriction to the metalliferous soils on the Great Dyke |
| Habitat: | In serpentine grassland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1300 - 1480 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 15 May 2016 |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 225. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 174. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 141. 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 - 63. (Includes a picture). |
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