Luzula bulbosa (Alph.Wood) Smyth & L.C.R.Smyth

Bulbous woodrush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Juncaceae > Luzula

Characteristics

Rhizomes short, slender, bearing few to several white, swollen (storage) leaf bases. Culms weakly cespitose or solitary, 8--40 cm. Leaves: basal leaves few; cauline leaves 2--3, to 17 cm x 7 mm, margins scarcely to densely ciliate. Inflorescences: glomerules 3--20 (each with 6--20 flowers), central glomerules sessile or nearly sessile, cylindric, 5--12 x 5--7 mm; peduncles straight, erect, 0.5--7 cm; proximal inflorescence bract leaflike (margins pilose), shorter than inflorescence, margins pilose; bracts purplish with long clear apex, sheathing, margins sparsely to densely ciliate; bracteoles white-clear, shining, margins fimbriate. Flowers: tepals with shining chestnut centers and usually wide clear margins and apex, 2--3 mm; outer whorl usually exceeding inner whorl, at least by awned tip; anthers 1--2 times filament length; stigmas 3--4 times length of styles. Capsules brown, shining, obovoid (apex truncate), equal or longer than tepals, apex truncate. Seeds dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.9--1.3 mm; caruncle 0.5--0.7 mm. 2n = 12.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.4
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light 1-7
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Distribution

Luzula bulbosa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77110958-1
WFO ID wfo-0000777655
COL ID 3WHDJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Luzula bulbosa Juncoides bulbosa Luzula bulbosa Juncoides campestris var. bulbosa Luzula campestris var. bulbosa Luzula multiflora var. bulbosa Luzula campestris subsp. bulbosa Juncoides campestre var. bulbosum