Luzula arcuata
| Luzula arcuata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Juncaceae |
| Genus: | Luzula |
| Species: | L. arcuata |
| Binomial name | |
| Luzula arcuata Wahlenb. | |
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Luzula arcuata is a species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae with the common name curved wood-rush. The plant is native to mountains of northern Europe, north-western and north-eastern Asia and north-western North America.[1][2]
Description
Luzula arcuata is a short (up to 10 cm), tufted, shortly rhizomatous, grass-like perennial herb. The longer flower stalks droop, curving downwards.[3]:941
Distribution
It has a very local distribution, confined to open ground and mountain summit plateaux that are sufficiently exposed to be kept snow-free.[1][3] Its native distribution includes Iceland, Svalbard, northern Norway and Scottish mountains and mountains of Western North America and the Kamchatka peninsula.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora, Luzula arcuata, Curved wood-rush". Biological Records Centre and Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
- 1 2 Anderberg, Arne. "Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw.". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm.
- 1 2 Stace, C.A. (2010). New flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
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