Gladiolus watsonius
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Family Iridaceae
Taxonomy: Gladiolus watsonius Thunb.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Homoglossum watsonia N.E.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Homoglossum watsonium (Thunb.) N.E.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (formerly naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (8), Cheal_2017 (1), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (6), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (7), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 43 records in 14 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 700 mm (500-800 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): geophyte (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): corm (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.54 m (0.2-0.8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 5 | 8 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2023 | 5 | 7 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2023 | 5 | 6 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_1 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 2 | 2 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| RBGV_2022 | 2 | 2 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Cheal_2017 | 1 | 1 | D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010. |
| WAH_2023_1 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |
| Yang_2023 | 1 | 1 | S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023. |