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Pale European Wood Rush

Luzula pallescens Sw.

Description

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Plants tufted, 10--35 cm tall. Stems terete. Basal leaf blade flat, 4--15 cm × 2--5 mm, margin pilose, apex with a thick callus. Cauline leaves 2 or 3. Inflorescence subumbellate; basal involucral bract usually longer than inflorescence; flower clusters 5--15, globose-oblong, 7--12-flowered, central one subsessile, others borne on erect, straight branches. Pedicels inconspicuous, with 1 or 2 bracts at base; bracteoles broadly ovate to ovate-deltoid, margin sparsely ciliate or denticulate, apex sharply pointed. Perianth segments chestnut brown to yellowish white, lanceolate; outer segments 2--3 × 1--1.3 mm; inner segments 1.6--2.5 × 0.8--1 mm. Filaments slightly shorter to slightly longer than anthers; anthers ca. 0.8 mm. Style ca. 0.5 mm, shorter than ovary; stigmas ca. 1.5 mm. Capsule trigonous obovoid to ellipsoid, 1.8--2.l mm. Seeds ovoid, ca. 1 mm; appendage basal, ca. 0.4 mm. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Jun--Aug. 2 n = 12.
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Flora of China Vol. 24: 68 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang [Japan, Korea, Russia; Europe, North America].
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Flora of China Vol. 24: 68 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat

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Forested slopes, forest margins, disturbed grasslands, trail sides; 1100--3600 m.
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Flora of China Vol. 24: 68 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Luzula pallescens

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Luzula pallescens is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family,[1] commonly known as fen wood-rush.

Distribution

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.[2]

In China, it can be found on elevation of 1,100–3,600 metres (3,600–11,800 ft), in such provinces as Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Xinjiang. Other countries it is common in include Japan, Finland, Korea, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, and Ukraine.[1]

Description

Luzula pallescens is 9–15 centimetres (3.5–5.9 in) tall with its basal leaves being of 2–3 centimetres (0.79–1.18 in) wide. It cauline leaves are 3.0–5.5 centimetres (1.2–2.2 in) tall and 2–5 millimetres (0.079–0.197 in) wide.

The length of the lower bract is 3–4 centimetres (1.2–1.6 in), while its peduncles are 2.0–5.5 centimetres (0.79–2.17 in) in length.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Luzula pallescens Swartz". Flora of China. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Luzula pallescens". E-Monocot. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
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Luzula pallescens: Brief Summary

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Luzula pallescens is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family, commonly known as fen wood-rush.

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