Common Woodrush

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Luzula meridionalis


Small, perennial grass-like rush with distinctive flat leaves fringed with long hairs and globular, reddish-brown flower-heads on long stalks. Flowers and seeds mid to dark brown.


Details
Flora Type
Sedges, rushes
Distinctive Features

Thin textured flat leaves with 3-5 long obvious veins on the upper surface. Leaves dry out and persist over a year. Bulbous plant base like a small onion.

Biology

Perennial. Grasslands, woodlands and forests.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Dec

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Luzula
Species
meridionalis

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

A variable species with at least three subspecies and varieties.

Native Status
Native