Species Heliophila pearsonii
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Heliophila pearsonii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Heliophila:
Gk. (h)elios = sun; philein = to love. The plant likes a sunny position.
Etymology of pearsonii:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Scientific name:
Heliophila pearsonii O.E. Schulz
Synonym of:
Long etymology:
Pearson was a tremendous influence on South African as well as Namibian botany (then South West Africa). His biography is available on Wikipedia.
Protologue:
Bot. Arch. 31: 528 (1931)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1931
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Heliophila pearsonii.