Scientific Name

Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt

Synonyms

Gladiolus pyramidatus Andrews
Lomenia borbonica Pourr.
Watsonia ardernei Sander
Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldblatt
Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt subsp. borbonica
Watsonia pyramidata (Andrews) Klatt
Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W. Mathews & L. Bolus

Common Names

bugle lily, buglelily, Cape bugle lily, Cape bugle-lily, pink watsonia, rosy watsonia, tall watsonia, watsonia, wild watsonia

Family

Iridaceae

Origin

Native to southern Africa (i.e. south-western Cape Province in South Africa).

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in southern Australia (i.e. in the coastal and sub-coastal districts of southern and central New South Wales, in southern Victoria, in south-eastern South Australia and in the coastal districts of south-western Western Australia).

Notes

Rosy watsonia (Watsonia borbonica) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and south-eastern New South Wales.

infestation (Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, USGS)	mixed infestation of the pink and white-flowered forms of rosy watsonia, Watsonia borbonica (Photo: Trevor James)	habit (Photo: Trevor James)	large strap-like leaves (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
elongated flower clusters (Photo: Trevor James)	stalkless pink tubular flowers subtended by short reddish-tinged bracts (Photo: Sheldon Navie)	flower with six 'petals' and three dark purple stamens (Photo: Sheldon Navie)	close-up of flower showing three-branched style, with each style branch having forked tips (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flower from side-on showing relatively large 'petal' lobes, which are almost as long as the flower tube (Photo: Steve Adkins)	the white-flowered form of rosy watsonia (Watsonia borbonica), which is often known as 'Arderne's White' (Photo: Sheldon Navie)	close-up of stem and immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)	mature fruit (Photo: Jackie Miles and Max Campbell)