Watsonia meriana var. meriana

Common name: Watsonia

Meaning of name:

Watsonia honours Sir William Watson (1715 – 1787), an English student of electricity, apothecary, physician and botanist. Meriana honours Maria Sybilla Merian (1647 – 1717), a German natural history artist and scientist.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia. Also occurs in south eastern Australia.

Description:

A bulb that grows to 1.5 metres tall. The orange, white, pink or red flowers are produced during October and November.

Notes:

This species is originally from South Africa.

References:

Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2906967

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/18118