Luzula species are flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae, often referred to as wood-rush. They are usually perennial and spread by rhizomes or occasionally stolons, forming clumps of narrow, hair-edged leaves and cylindrical stems. Flowerheads tend to form dense clusters, each flower with six brownish tepals and two small bracts at the base; flowering in the UK occurs April to June.

Wood-rush (Luzula species) flowers April to June in the UK and belongs to the rush family Juncaceae.

Luzula is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropics.

Luzula species

Wood-rush | Luzula species

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