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Watsonia ardernei Sander

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Sander
Sander
1897
ICN
Watsonia ardernei Sander
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Watsonia ardernei

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Watsonia
ardernei

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Watsonia ardernei Sander

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.

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Watsonia ardernei Sander
Watsonia ardernei Sander
Goldblatt, P. (1989)
Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldblatt
Watsonia ardernei Sander
Watsonia ardernei Sander
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

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1 January 2000
30 October 2023
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