Taxonomy: Fam. Juncaceae// Genus: Luzula// Species: Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott// Subspecies: Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella (Hoppe ex Mert. & W. D. J. Koch) Holub.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chrtek and Křísa in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central and South Europe to Ukraine according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Mountain grasslands/ pastures, alongside streams in the zone of European beech forests.
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – flowering stems with inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – flowering stems with inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – flowering stems with inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – inflorescence with branches and flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – branches of inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – base of vegetative shoot. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – fruiting inflorescence with capsules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Luzula luzuloides subsp. rubella – fruiting inflorescence with capsules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Luzula DC. Chrtek, J. and Křísa, B. in 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, pp. 111 – 118.
