| Campynema
lineare is a uniquely Tasmanian species (the only
other member of its family grows in New Caledonia). It is a
small, somewhat succulent herb of boggy sites of western
Tasmania, mostly in the alpine and subalpine regions. It has
a few narrow leaves near the base, with an erect
inflorescence carrying a few flowers (usually only one open
at a time). The flowers have three, widely spreading
greenish-yellow or brown-purple petals and three sepals of
nearly similar size, colour and shape. The flowers are about
1cm across.
Campynema was once considered to be part of
Liliaceae, which was a very artificial grouping of plants
and has therefore been splintered in numerous families. To
see the fates of the other Tasmanian genera formerly in
Liliaceae click here.
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