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Yellow Wood Rush

Luzula lutea

Yellow Wood Rush
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Thommybe assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Juncaceae (Junc family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Pyrenees, SW. Alps to N. Italian Mts.
Climate
temperate

About

Luzula lutea, is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family which is 12–15 centimetres (4.7–5.9 in) tall. Its anthers are 1.1–1.8 millimetres (0.043–0.071 in) long while their filaments are 0.3–1.1 millimetres (0.012–0.043 in). The basal leaves of the species are usually 4–7 centimetres (1.6–2.8 in) long and 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) wide, while its cauline leaves are 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) in length. Its lower bract is brownish coloured and is 1.0–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) long. It has ovate bracteoles which are circa 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in) in length.

Other Luzula plants

Hairy woodrush · Alpine woodrush · Curved woodrush · Field woodrush · Luzula canariensis · Pacific woodrush · Northern woodrush · Luzula crinita · Forked woodrush · Sourthern woodrush · Hawai'i woodrush · Hitchcock's Smooth Woodrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Luzula lutea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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