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What is "watsonia"

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watsonia

n. Any of several species of flowering plants in genus ''Watsonia'' within the family Iridaceae, the bugle lily.

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Watsonia

Watsonia can refer to:

  • Watsonia (gastropod), genus of sea snails in the Caecidae family
  • Watsonia (plant), genus of flowering plants in the iris family
  • Watsonia (journal), former name of New Journal of Botany
  • Watsonia, Victoria, suburb of Melbourne, Australia
Watsonia (plant)

Watsonia (bugle lily) is a genus of plants in the iris family, subfamily Crocoideae. Watsonias are native to southern Africa ( South Africa, Lesotho, + Swaziland). The genus is named after Sir William Watson, an 18th-century British botanist.

Usage examples of "watsonia".

Here in their season grow the blue agapanthus, the wild watsonia, and the red-hot poker, and now and then it happens that one may glimpse an arum in a dell.