Common Woodrush - Luzula multiflora
Other Names:
Luzula campestris [misapplied]
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
C-value:
4
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Stems erect, 10–40 cm. Leaves sparsely long-hairy; blades 2–6 mm wide. Inflorescence of 1 to few erect or ascending, globose to cylindric clusters of 5 to 20 flowers, 5–10 mm long. Flowers: tepals purplish to tan, white-margined, 2.5–3.5 mm long; prophylls whitish. Capsules globose, ca. 2 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Moist meadows, thickets, moist to dry forests, often along streams; valleys to subalpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).