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Amatola Watsonia

Watsonia amatolae

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
SE. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Watsonia amatolae is a plant belonging to the genus Watsonia and is endemic to the Eastern Cape. Here it occurs in the Amathole Mountains from the Katberg and Gaika's Kop in the west to Hogsback and the Dohne Mountains in the east. The species has a range of 417 km2 and five subpopulations are known. The plant is not threatened but is considered rare.

Other Watsonia plants

Renoster Watsonia · Wine Watsonia · Bulbil bugle-lily · Watsonia bachmannii · Watsonia bella · Cape bugle-lily · Mistbelt Watsonia · Dwarf Watsonia · Confusing Watsonia · Dense Watsonia · Lax Watsonia · Swartveld Watsonia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Watsonia amatolae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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