Watsonia meriana

Castlecliff dunes, Wanganui. Oct 1998.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

ex Castlecliff, Wanganui. Nov 2005.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Watsonia meriana.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

watsonia

Family

Iridaceae

Authority

Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Monocots

Conservation status

Not applicable

Habitat

Coastal places near human settlements.

Features

Perennial herb with robust clumps up to about 1 m high, Inflorescence simple or branched, flowers 6-10 cm long, 3-5 cm diameter, rose-red, salmon-pink, cream tinged with green or white.

Similar taxa

Can be distinguished from other watsonia by the absence of bulbils, the simple or sparingly branched inflorescence and the relatively large flowers (6-10 cm long).

Flowering

September, October, November, December

Flower colours

Cream, Red/Pink

Year naturalised

1941

Origin

South Africa

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