Luzula arcuata

Luzula arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Luzula
Species: L. arcuata
Binomial name
Luzula arcuata
Wahlenb.
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Luzula arcuata is a species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae with the common name curved wood-rush. The plant is native to mountains of northern Europe, north-western and north-eastern Asia and north-western North America.[1][2]

Description

Luzula arcuata is a short (up to 10 cm), tufted, shortly rhizomatous, grass-like perennial herb. The longer flower stalks droop, curving downwards.[3]:941

Distribution

It has a very local distribution, confined to open ground and mountain summit plateaux that are sufficiently exposed to be kept snow-free.[1][3] Its native distribution includes Iceland, Svalbard, northern Norway and Scottish mountains and mountains of Western North America and the Kamchatka peninsula.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora, Luzula arcuata, Curved wood-rush". Biological Records Centre and Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
  2. 1 2 Anderberg, Arne. "Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw.". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm.
  3. 1 2 Stace, C.A. (2010). New flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
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