Iridaceae
Bulbil bugle-lily
Watsonia meriana
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Watsonia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Waspypie
- Arabic
- واتسونيا ميريانا
- Bangla
- ওয়াটসোনিয়া মেরিয়ানা
- Chinese
- 弯管鸢尾
- English
- Bulbil bugle-lily
- Malayalam
- വാട്സോണിയ മെറിയാന
- mul
- W. meriana
Synonyms
- Antholyza fulgens Andrews
- Antholyza meriana L.
- Antholyza meriana var. minor L.
- Gladiolus amoenus Salisb.
- Gladiolus infundibuliformis Schrank
- Gladiolus iridifolius Jacq.
- Gladiolus merianus (L.) Thunb.
- Gladiolus merianus (L.) Jacq.
- Ixia iridifolia (Jacq.) Link
- Ixia meriana (L.) Link
- Neuberia pyramidalis Eckl.
- Watsonia bulbillifera J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus
- Watsonia fulgens (Andrews) Pers.
- Watsonia fulgida Salisb.
- Watsonia iridifolia (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.
- Watsonia iridifolia var. fulgens (Andrews) Ker Gawl.
- Watsonia leipoldtii L.Bolus
- Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera (J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus) D.A.Cooke
- Watsonia meriana var. iridifolia (Jacq.) Baker
- Watsonia meriana var. meriana
- Watsonia meriana var. platypetala Baker
- Watsonia stohriae L.Bolus
- Watsonia vivipara J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus
- Watsonia wordsworthiana J.W.Mathews & L.Bolus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nom. rev., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nom. rev., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DavidFrancis34 from Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.