Watsonia meriana

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Antholyza meriana L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Antholyza meriania L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Gladiolus iridifolius Jacq. (taxonomic synonym)
Watsonia iridifolia (Jacq.) Ker Gawl. (taxonomic synonym)
Watsonia leipoldtii L.Bolus (taxonomic synonym)
Watsonia meriana var. iridifolia (Jacq.) Baker (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Kubiak_2009 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (15), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (2), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 72 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: Kubiak_2009; Yang_2023]
post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 35 mm (30-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 483.33 mm (200-800 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (10-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ensiform (3); falcate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (5); shrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

dispersal_unit (categorical): seedling (1) [sources: Kubiak_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.32 m (0.7-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	12	15	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.
NHNSW_2023	9	12	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/.
Kubiak_2009	4	5	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	2	2	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/.
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/.
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.