Luzula traversii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Luzula
Species:
L. traversii
Binomial name
Luzula traversii

Luzula traversii is a species of flowering plant in the rush, family Juncaceae. It is native to the New Zealand.

Description

Cheeseman published this description posthumously in 1925:

Stems densely tufted, very variable in size, usually from 6 to 12 in., but sometimes attaining 18 in. and occasionally dwarfed to 4in., slender, often attenuate above. Leaves radical and a few cauline, all much shorter than the stem, 1-6 in. long, rarely more, 1โ„10-1โ„4 in. broad at the base and from thence gradually tapering upwards, apex subulate, not obtuse as in the forms of L. campestris; margins flat or involute, ciliate with long hairs. Inflorescence terminal, erect or nodding, compound, of several short and dense spikes either all congested into an ovoid head, or the lower 1 to 3 distinct and sometimes peduncled. Lower bracts foliaceous, often overtopping the inflorescence; upper membranous, with very broad white margins and apices, densely ciliate with long hairs. Flowers small, 1โ„10 in. long. Perianth-segments equal, or the outer slightly longer, lanceolate, awned, pale-chestnut with white and silvery margins. Stamens 3, rarely more. Capsule equalling the perianth, ovoid-globose, trigonous, mucronate, pale- or dark-chestnut, sometimes almost black. Seeds oblong-ovoid, ferruginous.[1]

The species can be distinguished from Luzula campestris by its tapering leaves that end in a distinct point.[1]

Distribution

Luzula traversii is native to the South Island of New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cheeseman, T. F. (1925), Oliver, W. R. B. (ed.), Manual of the New Zealand Flora (2nd ed.), New Zealand Government, p. 305-206, OCLC 1129885839, Wikidata Q115528659
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