Distribution Map

Dracaena pearsonii

           
(Sansevieria desertii)
(Sansevieria pearsonii)

Asparagaceae Nolinoideae  

As at April 2024, 2 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Sansevieria desertii - Leaves 7—8 in two ranks, erect, rigid, up to c 80 cm long, compressed, cylindrical, c 3 cm diam near base, tapering to hard spine-like tip, with several shallow grooves on sides and back. Inflorescence c 60 cm high, with a long spike-like raceme of flower-clusters c five in each cluster; perianth tube c 8 mm long, lobes c 12 mm long, recurved.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.