Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Iridaceae Juss.
Genus
Watsonia Mill.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldblatt, Ann. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19: 33 (1989)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Watsonia ardernei Sander (1897)
 Description

Very robust, to 1.8 m high. Corm c. 4 cm diam., depressed-globose; tunic strongly fibrous, reticulate above. Stems to 2 cm diam. Leaves 60 × 3 cm, broad-ensiform with thickened yellowish margins. Inflorescence profusely branched, many-flowered; spathe-valves green. Flowers 4.5–6 cm long, 3.5–4.5 cm diam., white; tube broadly funnel-shaped above, ± 3.5 cm long; lobes spreading, to 3 cm long. Capsule not seen.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Nov.

 Bibliography
Goldblatt, P. 1989: The genus Watsonia. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens 19: 1–148.
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.