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Haemodorum distichophyllum
Haemodorum distichophyllum, also known as the Moorland Bloodroot, is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to Tasmania. It was first described by William Jackson Hooker in 1852, from a specimen collected at Macquarie Harbour by Ronald Gunn in 1846.
It is a very low growing plant, growing to heights of 3 cm to 9.5 cm. It is found in heath and button grass plains of western Tasmania at various altitudes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haemodorum distichophyllum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
