Psoralea cataracta
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Psoralea |
| Species: | P. cataracta |
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Psoralea cataracta is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It was declared extinct in 2008 in the Red List of South African Plants, with a single specimen collected from the Tulbagh Waterfall in 1804. It was rediscovered 200 years later by Brian Du Preez in November of 2019 in the Winterhoek Mountains near Tulbagh.[3] It is endemic to the Western Cape.[4] It is also known by the name waterfall fountainbush.
Psoralea cataracta has small purple flowers dangling on long, thread-like flower stalks.[4]
Distribution
Psoralea cataracta is found around the southern slopes of the Winterhoek Mountains in the Tulbagh Valley.[1]
