Watsonia marginata
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Family Iridaceae
Taxonomy: Watsonia marginata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gladiolus marginatus L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), Burrows_2008_2 (3), Burrows_2020 (3), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (10), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (16), 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 19 traits from 68 records in 15 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 (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Yang_2023]
- post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 350 mm (250-450 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (30-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ensiform (3); lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (5); shrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; 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]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): fleshy_underground_organ (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.3 m (1.2-1.5 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 13 | 16 | 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 | 11 | 14 | 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 | 10 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Burrows_2008_2 | 3 | 3 | N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025). |
| Burrows_2020 | 3 | 3 | N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020. |
| 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. |
| 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. |