Flora of Victoria

Plants to c. 25 cm tall. Roots tuberous; tubers elongate, c. 2–3 cm long. Base of plant usually sheathed by fibrous leaf remnants. Leaves usually prostrate, 5–20 cm long, 2–12 mm wide, lower margins often reddish. Inflorescence erect, corymbose, 2–10 (rarely single)-flowered; pedicels subtended by 1 or 2 small, ovate-triangular bracts. Perianth segments spreading, equal, elliptic, 8–10 mm long, bright sky-blue, prominently 3-nerved; stamens shorter than perianth segments. Capsule obcordate, 5–10 mm long, the 3 lobes laterally compressed. Seeds 1.5–2 mm diam. Blue Stars, Mudrurt (Koorie name). Flowers Aug.–Oct.

Brid, CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, Strz, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. WA, SA, Tas. Occurs on seasonally damp or wet, sandy or alluvial soils supporting woodland and heath-land; locally common in western Victoria as far north as the Little Desert, but scattered and uncommon from Western Port east to the border (Wilsons Promontory, Lakes Entrance, Mt Raymond).

All eastern-State representatives of the species have been referred to var. corymbosa, but Henderson (1987) indicated that Victorian plants with only 1- or 2-flowered panicles (e.g from the far south-west and Dunolly area) may approach the West Australian var. paradoxa (Endl.) R. Henderson.

Source: Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2020-10-21

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Asparagales

family Asphodelaceae

genus Chamaescilla

species Chamaescilla corymbosa (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth.

Higher taxa

variety Chamaescilla corymbosa var. corymbosa

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Chamaescilla corymbosa var. corymbosa in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Chamaescilla corymbosa var. corymbosa in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Bridgewater	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
Victoria
Tasmania