Luzula arcuata
Luzula arcuata is a species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae with the modern common name Curved Wood-rush (formerly Curved Mountain Hair-rush).[1] The plant is native to mountains of northern Europe, north-western and north-eastern Asia and north-western North America.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Juncaceae |
| Genus: | Luzula |
| Species: | L. arcuata |
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Description
Luzula arcuata is a short (up to 10 cm), tufted, shortly rhizomatous, grass-like perennial herb. Leaves channelled, hairy. The longer flower stalks droop, curving downwards.[4]: 941
Distribution
It has a very local distribution, confined to open ground and mountain summit plateaux above 1,250 metres that are sufficiently exposed to be kept snow-free.[2][4] Its native distribution includes Iceland, Svalbard, northern Norway and Scottish mountains and mountains of Western North America and the Kamchatka peninsula.[3]
References
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- James Edward Smith & James Sowerby, English Botany. New Edition, Vol. 3, 1836. Page 68, Tab 518* Supplement Index: "Tab. 2718 - "Luzula campestris" var". Plate erroneously engraved 2719.
- "Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora, Luzula arcuata, Curved wood-rush". Biological Records Centre and Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
- Anderberg, Arne. "Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm.
- Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
