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Luzula pallescens
Also called Eurasian Woodrush, Fen Woodrush, Pale European Woodrush, Pale Woodrush, Wood Rush
Fen wood-rush is a small, grass-like perennial sedge-relative from cool northern and mountain regions of Eurasia, growing in damp, open woodland, fens and meadows. It is a hardy wild plant rarely grown in gardens, and it prefers cool, moist, partly shaded conditions.
Luzula pallescens is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family, commonly known as fen wood-rush.
The plant is widely distributed in northern Eurasia, from Great Britain and Scandinavia, through north−Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia, to the Himalayas and Northeast Asia.
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 pallescens 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.
