Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula rufa var. albicomans Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 4: 168 (1966)
Description
Lvs 1.5–2.5 mm. wide, dark green or reddish grey, tips acute in young lvs, later obtuse, margins thickly covered with white, woolly hairs. Flowering stems (4)–7–12–(22) cm. tall, < 0.6 mm. diam. Fls us. < 2 mm. long. 2n = 12.
[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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.
