Antherothamnus pearsonii N.E. Br.

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Synonyms:	Antherothamnus rigidus (L. Bolus) E. Phillips Selaginastrum rigidum (L. Bolus) Schinz & Thell. Sutera rigida L. Bolus
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Status:	Native
Description:	Bushy, glabrous shrub to 3 m. Leaves 3-5(-10) × 1-1.5(-3.5) mm, alternate or borne in fascicles, obovate, slightly fleshy, shortly glandular-hairy when young, becoming glabrous; minutely dark-punctate; base cuneate; apex obtuse. Racemes 1-1.5 cm long, bearing alternate, pedicellate flowers. Calyx lobes linear, obtuse. Corolla white with a yellow throat; tube 2.5-4 mm long, narrowly funnel-shaped; lobes ± circular, the lower pair smaller. Capsule ovoid.
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Derivation of specific name:	pearsonii: named for Professor H.H.W. Pearson who found the type specimen during the Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition in Namibia in 1908-1909
Habitat:	Rocky hillsides
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Worldwide distribution:	Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa (Limpopo and Northwest Provinces)
Botswana distribution:	SE
Growth form(s):	Shrub over 2 m.
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Content last updated:	Friday 6 March 2020
Literature:	Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 176. 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 77. Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 20 - 23. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 102.

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