Flora Detail
| Common Name | Mountain Watsonia |
| Family | Iridaceae (Irises and Allies) |
| Date Observed | 13-01-2023 |
| Category | Bulbs/Rhizomes |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | 7768RG |
| Flowering Time | Summer |
| Colour | Orange |
| Locations Observed | |
| Estuary | |
| Koppie | |
| Nature Reserve | |
| Small Holding | |
| Village | |
| Greater Rooiels | Few,Many |
Watsonia schlechteri
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Mountain Watsonia
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Watsonia schlechteri braves the summer heat to
flower brightly amongst the dry fynbos. Hikers in the Kogelberg mountains,
sweating in the heat, are rewarded by splashes of orange red against the slopes.
The watsonias are visited by the Mountain Pride butterflies and nectar-feeding
birds, like the orange-breasted sugarbird and malachite bird. These watsonias
are not clump forming and appear as solitary plants scattered in the Kogelberg
Mountains and elsewhere in the Western Cape.