What is Patersonia?

Patersonia is a genus of permanent flowering plants in the Monocot group. It is herbal, which means that the real wood does not develop, with leaves similar to grass that grow in tufts of engraving stem and flowers with three petals. Most of the approximately 20 types of Patersonia come from Australia with several species from the Philippines and Indonesia. The plants were named in honor of Colonel William Paterson, who was an explorer and botanist and became the first lieutenant of the Governor of the New South Wales in Australia in 1794. A member of the Iridaceae family, patersonia , is closely related to the durables and crocuses. In Australia, there are very few members of this family, which leads to the native iris. Many species are characterized by flowering ranges from blue to purple inspiring another common name, a purple flag. Only one, p. Spirafolia or the spiral flag was listed as a rare species and is listed as threatenedAccording to the Australian Environmental Protection Act and the protection of the 1999 biological diversity.

Australia has several mild areas in which various varieties patersonia are found. p. Fragilis has gray green leaves and floral stems that are shorter than the leaves and can be found all over the coast in the southeast quadrant of the mainland and Tasmania. p. Occidentalis is the most common in the southwestern area, but is also found in southeast and Tasmania and it is more frost more resistant than most others. The eastern edge of Australia is home p. Sericea and p. Glabrat . The first grows best in hot areas and has dark purple flowers and seconds is so similar to the first that some consider it to be glabrous, ie having a smooth, glossy leaves, a version of the same kind.

E drain soil and prosper with regular irrigation and full sun. The seeds of these plants are easy to germinate, but can also be promoted by dividing large established clusters. This is possible because of the formation of rhizomes, ie the stem that runs along the ground surface and can hatch new clusters of roots, leaves and flowers from their internodes. Like other members of the Iridaceae family, the types of patersonia have a chalice or a set of separations that seem to be part of Corolla, ie a set of petals.