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Taxon:  Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.



Summary
Genus:
Watsonia
Family:
Iridaceae
Subfamily:
Crocoideae
Tribe:
Watsonieae
Nomen number:
41983
Place of publication:
Gard. dict. ed. 8: Watsonia no. 1. 1768
Verified:
06/09/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Antholyza meriana L.

Autonym(s)
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill. var. meriana

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Watsonia bulbillifera J. W. Mathews & L. Bolus
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill. var. bulbillifera (J. W. Mathews & L. Bolus) D. A. Cooke
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  3. Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. 1984. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13.
  4. Cooke, D. A. 1998. Bulbil watsonia is a variety of Watsonia meriana (L.) Miller (Iridaceae). J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 18:5-7.
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  7. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  8. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  9. Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985, 1987. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa Note: v. 51. 1985; v. 56. 1987
  10. Goldblatt, P. 1989. The genus Watsonia 120.
  11. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  12. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  13. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  14. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  15. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  16. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  17. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
  18. Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. 1994. Flora of Madeira.
  19. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  20. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Common names
English
bugle-lily –
bulbil watsonia –
wild watsonia –
Portuguese (Brazil)
palminha –
palminha-rosa –
Swedish
röd watsonia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorthern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileJuan Fernández Islands 
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Northern Cape, Western Cape]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile [Juan Fernández Islands]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmentalornamental Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41983. Accessed 12 May 2025.