Watsonia angusta seeds grow into a cormous geophyte endemic to the subtropical biome of the Cape Province south to southern KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa a fynbos specialist ranging from the Cederberg and Cape Peninsula more coastally to the foothills of the Drakensberg near the KwaZulu-Natal border. Described by Ker Gawler (John Bellenden Ker Gawler, 17641842, British botanist). The epithet angusta means ‘narrow’, referring to the narrow tubular flowers. Synonyms include Antholyza ludwigii Eckl., Gladiolus jacquinii Schrank and Watsonia atrosanguinea Klatt. Produces vivid pink-red flowers in the Cape spring. The genus Watsonia was named by Philip Miller (1758) after Sir William Watson (17151787), British physician, botanist and Fellow of the Royal Society. Monograph: Goldblatt, P. (1989). The genus Watsonia. Annals of Kew 1148. Family Iridaceae, subfamily Crocoideae.
Full sun; well-drained sandy or rocky soils; dry summer dormancy; cool wet winters Mediterranean Cape climate. Typical Watsonia cultivation.
Watsonia angusta is the narrow-tubed bugle lily a Cape and KwaZulu-Natal fynbos endemic ranging along the coast from the Cederberg to the Drakensberg foothills, one of the many ornamentally brilliant cormous geophytes that make South Africa’s Iridaceae flora among the richest in the world.
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