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Pearsonia

Pearsonia is an African plant genus of some 12 species belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar. The species are usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks. Leaves are usually sessile and 3-foliolate. The inflorescence is a congested or lax terminal raceme. The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Silver Frilly Pea

speciesPearsonia sessilifolia

Pearsonia cajanifolia

speciesPearsonia cajanifolia

Frilly Pea

speciesPearsonia aristata

Pearsonia uniflora

speciesPearsonia uniflora

Pearsonia grandifolia

speciesPearsonia grandifolia

Pearsonia obovata

speciesPearsonia obovata

Pearsonia bracteata

speciesPearsonia bracteata

Pearsonia callistoma

speciesPearsonia callistoma

Pearsonia metallifera

speciesPearsonia metallifera

Pearsonia mesopontica

speciesPearsonia mesopontica

Pearsonia hirsuta

speciesPearsonia hirsuta

Pearsonia madagascariensis

speciesPearsonia madagascariensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142401.