Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Wilsonia (Convolvulaceae) 3:499
Tasmania has three species of Wilsonia. These are all low growing (often prostrate) plants of saltmarshes. They have conspicuous flowers and small succulent leaves that are more or less distichous (i.e. arranged in two rows along the stem). The three species are readily distinguished by their foliage - W. rotundifolia has small (up to 4mm long) dark green leaves that are round or nearly so; W. humilis has silky hairy leaves strongly pressed together in two rows; and the most common species, W. backhousei, has narrow green leaves about 5-15 mm long.
 

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