Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Luzula DC.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing (1911)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Luzula racemosa var. ulophylla Buchenau, Österr. Bot. Z. 5: 245-246 (1898)
 Description

Woolly-leaved, cushion-like patches, (5)–9–20–(25) cm high. Leaves covered on margins and back with tangled white hairs, tips acute. Inflorescence spike-like. Stamens 3–(4–6).

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Buchenau, F. 1898: Luzula campestris und Verwandte Arten. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 5
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. [Declining]
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.