Haemodorum distichophyllum

Haemodorum distichophyllum, also known as the Moorland Bloodroot, is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to Tasmania.^[2] It was first described by William Jackson Hooker in 1852, from a specimen collected at Macquarie Harbour by Ronald Gunn in 1846.^[3][1]

Haemodorum distichophyllum
Growing in Southwest National Park, Tasmania
Plate 866, Icones Plantarum.[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Haemodoraceae
Genus:	Haemodorum
Species:	H. distichophyllum
Binomial name
Haemodorum distichophyllum Hook.
Occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

It is a very low growing plant, growing to heights of 3 cm to 9.5 cm.^[4] It is found in heath and button grass plains of western Tasmania at various altitudes.^[4]