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Luzula multiflora ssp. frigida

Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej. ssp. frigida (Buchenau) Krecz.

Common Woodrush

Juncaceae (Rush Family)

Synonym(s): Juncoides intermedium, Luzula campestris var. frigida, Luzula frigida, Luzula intermedia, Luzula multiflora var. frigida, Luzula multiflora var. fusconigra, Luzula sudetica, Luzula sudetica var. frigida

USDA Symbol: LUMUF

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N)

A member of the family Juncaceae which includes herbs, rarely shrubs, with mostly grass-like leaves, usually in a basal tuft, and small greenish or brownish flower in dense spikes or heads or sometimes in loose clusters or even solitary.

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Shape: Linear
Leaf Margin: Entire
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 16 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Brown
Bloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug

Distribution

USA: AK , AZ , CO , ID , MA , ME , MT , NH , NM , NV , NY , SD , UT , VT , WA , WY
Canada: NB , NS , PE

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 34 - Go Botany (2019) Native Plant Trust
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Luzula multiflora ssp. frigida in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Luzula multiflora ssp. frigida in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Luzula multiflora ssp. frigida

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-02-17
Research By: TWC Staff

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