Summary ⁷

Luzula campestris is a rush commonly known as field wood-rush, Good Friday grass or sweep's brush.

Description ⁸

Luzula campestris is relatively short, between 5 cm and 15 cm tall. It spreads via short stolons and also via seed produced in one stemless cluster of flowers together with three to six stemmed clusters of flowers.

It flowers between March and June in the northern temperate zone (September to December in the southern hemisphere). The chromosome number is 12, 24 or 36.

The plant can be a persistent weed in ornamental turf.

The closely related Luzula multiflora is native in much of North America, and is a distinct species in the Flora of North America. Some botanists treat it as a variety, Luzula campestris var. multiflora.

Other species similar to Luzula campestris are found in Malaysia and New Zealand.

Associations ⁹

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
sorus of Bauerago vuyckii parasitises live ovary of Luzula campestris

Foodplant / parasite
telium of Puccinia obscura parasitises live Luzula campestris

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Rudolf Schäfer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/schaefer-rudolf/7053878231/
2. (c) Rudolf Schäfer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/schaefer-rudolf/6907787728/
3. (c) Jeremy Halls, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/anax/13951219022/
4. (c) Bas Kers (NL), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/21933510@N07/3355814713/
5. (c) Biodiversity Heritage Library, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7845372768/
6. (c) Peter aka anemoneprojectors, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/anemoneprojectors/8830772492/
7. Adapted by Bea Steinemann from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzula_campestris
8. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzula_campestris
9. (c) BioImages, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22910373

More Info

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