Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera
Bulbil Watsonia
Iridaceae
Woodland, grassland, pastures, roadsides, gardens, disturbed sites, waste areas, coastal environs, and waterways. Mainly coastal.
Introduced perennial herb to 2.5 m high, dying back each year and shooting from underground storage organs. Bulbils produced at the upper stem joints. Leaves mostly basal, a few smaller leaves alternating up the stem, 20–110 cm long, 10–50 mm wide, basal leaves sword-shaped, midvein prominent. Flowers orange to red, rarely pink or purple; 50-80 mm long, 30-40 mm in diameter, tubular, with 6 spreading lobes. Flowers in elongated clusters 20–40 cm long with widely spaced flowers. Flowers Spring to Summer. Seeds not produced.
Noxious weed Vic.
Was Watsonia meriana cv. Bulbillifera.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Watsonia~meriana (accessed 3 May 2021)
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