Watsonia borbonica
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Family Iridaceae
Taxonomy: Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gladiolus pyramidatus Andrews (taxonomic synonym)
- Lomenia borbonica Pourr. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Watsonia ardernei Sander (taxonomic synonym)
- Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt subsp. borbonica (nomenclatural synonym)
- Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldblatt (taxonomic synonym)
- Watsonia pyramidata (Andrews) Klatt (taxonomic synonym)
- Watsonia sp. A (taxonomic synonym)
- Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (24), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (9), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (2), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 87 records in 16 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]
- post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 30 mm (30-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 790 mm (500-1000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ensiform (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (7); shrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): corm (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.86 m (1-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 10 | 24 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2023 | 11 | 14 | 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/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 10 | 12 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| RBGV_2023 | 8 | 9 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 2 | 4 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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/. |
| 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. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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/. |
| WAH_2023_1 | 2 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Yang_2023 | 2 | 2 | S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |