Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Watsonia meriana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Mill.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 1 (1768)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1768	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Wild watsonia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	W. & SW. Cape Prov.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Biological type	empty	geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	red, orange	orange, red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	black	black · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	spike · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	160 cm	160 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced

Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill., 1768 20% complete

Wild watsonia

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