Luzula forsteri(Sm.) DC. Southern wood-rush

Luzula forsteri(Sm.) DC. - Southern wood-rush

Scientific Description:

Perennial, caespitose, with elongate stolons. Stems 15–30(–40) cm, with usually reddish basal sheaths, 1–3 sub-basal and 2–3 cauline leaves. Leaves 1.5–4(–9) mm broad, hairy at base and on margins. Inflorescence lax, with erecto-patent branches; flowers borne singly at ends of branches, 5–35. Perianth segments 3.5–4.5 mm, subequal, ovate, narrowly tapering, acuminate, finely lacerate, brown to chestnut-coloured with broad scarious margins. Anthers 0.9–1.2 mm, 1–2 × filaments. Capsule equalling or slightly exceeding perianth, ovoid to spheroidal with conical apical part. Seeds 1.5–1.8 mm; caruncle 0.6–0.9(–l.4) mm, conical, obtuse.

Flowering time: March–July.

Habitat: Dry stony slopes, forest and scrub, s. l–2250 m.

Reference:

Snogerup S (1985). Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 9: 26–27.

Public Description:

Luzula forsteri, known as “southern wood-rush”, is native to Europe, north Africa and western Asia. It is a tufted, grass-like perennial herb with brown to chestnut-coloured and broad scarious margins, up to 30 cm in length. It blooms between March and July and is found in dry stony slopes, forest and scrub.

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzula_forsteri/, Accessed date: 14.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). https://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/index.php?q=plant/unmatched-species-name-442// Accessed date: 14.02.2016.

Güner A (2012). Luzula DC., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 545–546.