Luzula multiflora

Luzula multiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Juncaceae
Genus:	Luzula
Species:	L. multiflora
Binomial name
	Luzula multiflora; (Ehrh.) Lej.
Synonyms
	Juncus campestris var. multiflorus Ehrh. (basionym); Juncus multiflorus (Ehrh.) Ehrh.;

Luzula multiflora, the common woodrush^[2] or heath wood-rush,^[3] is a species of flowering plant in the rush family.

It is native to Europe, eastern Asia, northern Africa, northern North America, including Canada, and in northern regions of the United States.^[1]

It grows 10 to 40 cm (4 to 16 in) tall with basal leaves 3.5 to 12 cm (1+3⁄8 to 4+3⁄4 in) long and 2 to 6 mm (0.08 to 0.24 in) wide. The flowers have six brown to black tepals 2 to 4 mm (0.08 to 0.16 in) long.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Luzula multiflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Luzula multiflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Swab, Janice Coffey (2000). "Luzula multiflora". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 22. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Lejeune, Alexandre Louis Simon (1811). Flore des Environs de Spa. Vol. 1. p. 169.
Kirschner, J. (1990). "Luzula multiflora and allied species (Juncaceae): a nomenclatural study". Taxon. 39: 106–114. doi:10.2307/1223198.
Kirschner, J. (2001). "(1500) Proposal to conserve the name Luzula multiflora (Juncaceae)". Taxon. 50: 1190–1191. doi:10.2307/1224743.

External links

NatureServ: Luzula multiflora subspecies info-listings
Data related to Luzula multiflora at Wikispecies

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[GRIN-1] "Luzula multiflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Luzula multiflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

[BSBI07-3] "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] Swab, Janice Coffey (2000). "Luzula multiflora". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 22. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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