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Rooiberg Watsonia

Watsonia rourkei

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

About

Watsonia rourkei is a plant belonging to the genus Watsonia. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape where there is only one population in the Kamiesberge. Here it occurs on the northern slopes at altitudes of 1 600 m and is currently not threatened. The plant is considered extremely rare.

Other Watsonia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Watsonia rourkei 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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