Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Luzula DC.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula banksiana var. orina Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 4: 171 (1966)
 Description

Lvs 3–7 mm. wide, us. flaccid and drooping, former season's lvs long persisting. Flowering stems (10)–20–40 cm. long, ± = lvs. Infl. of 10–20 many-fld pedunculate clusters c. 5 × 5 mm., peduncles unequal in length, 1–13 cm. long; subtending bract ± = or > infl. Fls 2.7–3–(3.5) mm. long; tepals with a central light brown stripe c. ⅓ width of tepals, membr. margins cream. Capsule light greenish brown to very pale brown. 2n = 12.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Aug.–Oct.

 Bibliography
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. [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. [Not Threatened]
Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.