Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Herbs
Plants with leaves
Stem leaves present
Leaves all opposite
Flowers not in compact head
Flowers >5mm
Corolla radially symmetrical
Stamens 10 or less
Stamens 8 or 10
Leaves simple

 

FAMILIES REMAINING:

ASCLEPIADACEAE

GERANIACEAE

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

LYTHRACEAE

ONAGRACEAE

RUTACEAE
Petals and sepals arising from the end of a herbaceous, elongate tube that surrounds the ovary (flower deeply perigynous). LYTHRACEAE
   
Petals and/or sepals sometimes fused, but not fused together into a single, obvious tube
   
 
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