Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Luzula DC.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula picta A.Rich. (1832)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Luzula campestris var. picta (A.Rich.) Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 295 (1864)
 Description

Slender, often rhizomatous, grass-like tufts, (3)–8–35–(80) cm high. Leaves few, usually < 3 mm wide. Inflorescence of several flower-clusters. Flowers 2–3.5 mm long; tepals light brown to red-brown with broad silver or cream margins. Stamens 6.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Luzula picta A.Rich.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)3
Total3
 Bibliography
Buchenau, F. 1890: Monographia Juncacearum. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 1–495.
Buchenau, F. 1898: Luzula campestris und Verwandte Arten. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 5
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.