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Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej. ssp. multiflora
Common Woodrush
Juncaceae (Rush Family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: LUMUM
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N), SPM (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: PerennialHabit: Grass/Grass-like
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 16 inches tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: White , Green , BrownBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug
Distribution
USA: AK , CT , DC , DE , IA , IL , IN , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MT , NC , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OR , PA , RI , SC , TN , VA , VT , WA , WI , WVCanada: AB , BC , MB , NB , NL , NS , ON , PE , QC , SK
Native Habitat: Sparsely scattered in fields, meadows, open woods, ditches and clearings.
Web Reference
Webref 62 - Burke Herbarium Image Collection (2020) University of WashingtonWebref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
Metadata
Record Modified: 2023-06-07Research By: TWC Staff