Luzula arcuata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Juncaceae |
Genus: | Luzula |
Species: | L. arcuata
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Binomial name | |
Luzula arcuata |
Luzula arcuata is a species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae with the modern common name curved wood-rush (formerly curved mountain hair-rush). [1] The plant is native to mountains of northern Europe, north-western and north-eastern Asia and north-western North America. [2]
Luzula arcuata is a short (up to 10 cm), tufted, shortly rhizomatous, grass-like perennial herb. Leaves channelled, hairy. The longer flower stalks droop, curving downwards. [3]: 941
It has a very local distribution, confined to open ground and mountain summit plateaux above 1,250 metres that are sufficiently exposed to be kept snow-free. [2] [3] Its native distribution includes Iceland, Svalbard, northern Norway and Scottish mountains and mountains of Western North America and the Kamchatka peninsula.[ citation needed]