Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott subsp. luzuloides

Taxonomy: Fam. Juncaceae// Genus: Luzula// Species: Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott// Subspecies: Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott subsp. luzuloides.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Europe according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Edges and clearings of forests and woods, meadows, near streams in the zone of European beech forests.

Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.

Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – stems with leaves and developing inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – developing inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – developing inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – inflorescence and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – stem and leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – spent inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – spent inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – spent inflorescence with capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – spent inflorescence with capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – spent inflorescence with capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides – spent inflorescence with capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Luzula luzuloides subsp. luzuloides. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77171117-1 [Accessed 03.10.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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