Distribution Map

Pearsonia uniflora

                   

(Lotononis uniflora)

Fabaceae Faboideae Crotalarieae 

As at April 2024, 5 herbarium specimens, 5 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Lotononis uniflora - Perennial. Slender, straggling or half-erect, much branched from woody rootstock, silky-hairy throughout. Leaves well-spaced on thin unrib­bed stems, stalks c 1 cm long, leaflets much longer than wide, tapering to both ends, c 2,5 cm long x 3 mm wide. Flowers solitary, lateral, on slender stalks up to 1,5 cm long. Calyx c 1,1 cm long, lobes long-pointed. Corolla pale yellow, c 1,5 cm long, with few hairs. Pod flattened, curved, c 3 cm long >( 3 mm wide, pointed at both ends.

* 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.