Chamaescilla

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Chamaescilla

|image = Chamaescilla gnangarra.JPG

|image_caption = Chamaescilla sp.
near Bolgart, Western Australia

|authority = F.Muell. ex Benth.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Chamaescilla|title=Chamaescilla |accessdate=17 July 2012 |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11265454#page/59/mode/1up Bentham, George 1878. Flora australiensis:a description of the plants of the Australian territory 7: 48-49] in English

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Chamaescilla is a genus of Australian herbs in the subfamily Hemerocallidoideae within the asphodel family.{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=McLay |first1=T. |last2=Bayly |first2=M. |date=2016 |title=A new family placement for Australian blue squill, Chamaescilla: Xanthorrhoeaceae (Hemerocallidoideae), not Asparagaceae |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=275 |issue=2 |pages=97–111 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.275.2.2 |name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }} They have grass-like basal leaves and tuberous roots. The flowers have six petals (each with three nerves) and six stamens. The seed capsules contain black, glossy seeds.{{cite web | url =http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=&genus=Chamaescilla&species=&iname=&submit=Search | title =Chamaescilla | work =Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet | publisher =State Herbarium of South Australia | access-date =2008-09-06 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013828/http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=&genus=Chamaescilla&species=&iname=&submit=Search | archive-date =2015-09-24 | url-status =dead }}[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Chamaescilla# Atlas of Living Australia, genus Chamaescilla]