See text Pearsonia is a genus of 12 species of plants belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring in Africa south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar.

The species are usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks.

The inflorescence is a congested or lax terminal raceme.

[2] The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.

Pearsonia comprises the following species:[1][3][4][5] This Faboideae-related article is a stub.