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Luzula hitchcockii
Also called Hitchcock's Woodrush, Smooth Woodrush, Hitchcock's Wood Rush
A rhizomatous perennial rush native to western North American mountain forests, forming dense colonies in shaded subalpine understory. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it spreads by rhizomes.
Luzula hitchcockii is a species of flowering plant in the rush family known by the common names smooth woodrush and Hitchcock's wood rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to Oregon to Wyoming. It is sometimes treated as a variety of Luzula glabrata.
This rhizomatous perennial rush produces rounded, hollow stems up to 50 centimeters tall. The shiny, red-tipped leaves are a few centimeters long. The inflorescence contains solitary or paired flowers with small reddish or brown tepals. The fruit is a reddish-brown capsule which contains 3 seeds. This plant often forms large colonies. It forms a thick mat that may prevent other plants from sprouting up.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Luzula hitchcockii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
