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Luzula kjellmaniana

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Name

Identification
Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw. [family JUNCACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Luzula nivalis (Laest.) Spreng. [family JUNCACEAE ] Verified by Ekstam, O.J.A., Luzula tundricola Gorodkov ex V.N.Vassil. [family JUNCACEAE ] Verified by Hultén, O.E.G., 1959 Luzula nivalis (Laest.) Spreng. [family JUNCACEAE ] Verified by Hultén, O.E.G., 1959 Luzula beeringiana Gjaerev. [family JUNCACEAE ] Verified by Hämet-Ahiti, L., 1971 Luzula kjellmaniana Miyabe & Kudo [family JUNCACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hämet-Ahiti, L., 1971 Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw. [family JUNCACEAE ] Verified by Hämet-Ahiti, L., 1971
Related name
  • Luzula kjellmaniana
  • Luzula beeringiana
  • Luzula nivalis
  • Luzula arcuata
  • Luzula tundricola

Flora

Entry for Luzula kjellmaniana Miyabe & Kudo [family JUNCACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 22,
Names
Luzula kjellmaniana Miyabe & Kudo [family JUNCACEAE], Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society, 5: 38. 1913
Luzula beeringiana Gjaerevoll [family JUNCACEAE]
Luzula multiflora (Erhard) de Candolle subsp. kjellmanniana (Miyabe & Kudo) Tolmachev [family JUNCACEAE]
Luzula nivalis (Laestadius) Beurling var. latifolia (Kjellmann) Samuelsson [family JUNCACEAE]
L.uzula tundricola Gorodkov [family ]
Treatment Author(s)
Janice Coffey Swab
Information
Culms loosely cespitose, light green, 15--25 cm. Leaves: sheaths dull brown-gray at base, becoming green distally, throats hairless; basal leaves flat toward base, channeled toward apex, 4--16 cm x 3--8 mm, apex abruptly pointed, callous, glabrous. Inflorescences asymmetric in appearance; glomerules (1--)2--5, central glomerules sessile or nearly sessile, 3--9 x 2.5--6 mm; capillary branches 2--8, arched in 1 direction, to 3.5 cm; proximal inflorescence bract bladeless. Flowers: tepals brownish translucent (apex lacerate to entire), 2--3 mm, apex lacerate to entire; anthers equal to or exceeding filaments. Capsules light chestnut brown, broadly 3-angled, shorter than tepals. Seeds: most failing to mature, brown (with few hairs present), 3-angled, 0.9--1.1 mm, few hairs present; caruncle barely visible. 2n = 36.
Phenology
Flowering and fruiting summer
Altitude range
50--2000 m
Distribution
ne Asia.USA AlaskaCanada B.C.Canada N.W.T.Canada Yukon
Discussion
Luzula kjellmaniana has light green culms, sheath throats essentially without hairs, and glabrous basal leaves that are flat toward the base and channeled toward the apex (the apex is abruptly pointed). Most seeds fail to mature.

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