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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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Read more about Luzula at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora var. multiflora
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-002:
Luzula multiflora FAMILY Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Luzula campestris var. multiflora
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Luzula multiflora var. multiflora
COMMON NAME:
Common Woodrush
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora var. multiflora
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-002:
Luzula multiflora
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Luzula campestris var. multiflora
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Luzula multiflora var. multiflora
2665
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Straw/ Brown
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p214
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p387
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