Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Luzula DC.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula picta var. pallida (Hook.f.) Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 4: 176 (1966)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Luzula campestris var. pallida Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 292 (1864)
  • = Luzula subclavata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 276 (1886) – as sub-clavata
 Description

Lvs us. ∞, often c. 5 mm. wide. Flowering stems (4)–15–30–(45) cm. long. Infl. of 1–3–(8) clusters, the central cluster larger, us. c. 10 mm. across, from almost triangular to ellipsoidal, other smaller clusters on flexuous peduncles 1–6–(8) cm. long; subtending bracts often much > central sessile head. Tepals lanceolate, acuminate, cream, membr., with a light brown central stripe. Capsule slightly < or occ. = tepals, greenish brown. 2n = 12.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1886 ("1885"): A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous plants: being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 18: 256–287.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [as Luzula subclavata Colenso] [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [as Luzula subclavata Colenso] [Not Threatened]
Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.
Hooker, J.D. 1867: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's Islands. Part II. Reeve, London.
Kirschner, J. 2002: Juncaceae 1: Rostkovia to Luzula. Orchard, A.E. (ed.) Species Plantarum: Flora of the World. Vol. 6. ABRS, Canberra.