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Chamaescilla
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Chamaescilla

Chamaescilla is a genus of Australian herbs in the subfamily Hemerocallidoideae within the asphodel family. They have grass-like basal leaves and tuberous roots. The flowers have six petals (each with three nerves) and six stamens. The seed capsules contain black, glossy seeds.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Blue Stars

speciesChamaescilla corymbosa

Chamaescilla spiralis

speciesChamaescilla spiralis

Chamaescilla maculata

speciesChamaescilla maculata

Chamaescilla gibsonii

speciesChamaescilla gibsonii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 194767.