Chamaescilla
Tufted perennial herbs. Roots fleshy to tuberous. Leaves annual, linear, tufted. Inflorescence a corymbose panicle. Flowers bisexual, perianth segments subequal, free, spirally twisting after anthesis; stamens 6, filaments filiform, anthers basifixed; ovary superior, 3-locular, ovules 4–18 per locule; style filiform, stigma minute, capitate. Fruit a loculicidally dehiscent 3-lobed capsule; seeds lens-shaped, smooth, black.
4 species, endemic in southern Australia; 1 occurring in Victoria
Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 637–686. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
SpinningMcLay, T.G.B.; Bayly, M.J. (2016). A new family placement for Australian blue squill, Chamaescilla: Xanthorrhoeaceae (Hemerocallidoideae), not Asparagaceae. Phytotaxa . Phytotaxa 275(2): 97–111.
