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Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing

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Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing (1911)
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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(Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Buchenau
Cockayne & Laing
1911
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species
Luzula ulophylla

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ulophylla

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Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing

2n = 48
2n = 44

Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing

Forming woolly-leaved patches. Leaves (1)-3-7-(15) cm × 2-3 mm, very much shorter than stems, gradually tapering to a subulate acute tip, margins incurved, upper \ of lamina covered on margins and abaxial surface with a dappled coating of tangled white woolly hairs. Flowering stems (5)-9-20-(25) cm long. Inflorescence a cylindrical or almost spherical spikelike head up to 2 cm long. Flowers 1.5-2 mm long; tepals dark brown with broad white membranous margins. Stamens 3-(4—6). Capsule more or less equal to tepals, dark brown to black.

Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing

Woolly-leaved, cushion-like patches, (5)-9-20-(25) cm high. Leaves covered on margins and back with tangled white hairs, tips acute. Inflorescence spike-like. Stamens 3- (4-6).

Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing

Forming woolly-lvd, cushion-like patches. Lvs (1)–3–7–(15) cm. × 0.5–1.5–(2.5) mm., much < flowering stems, gradually tapering to an acute tip, margins incurved, upper ⅔ of lamina covered on margins and abaxial surface with a dappled coating of tangled, white, woolly hairs. Flowering stems (5)–9–20–(25) cm. long. Infl. a cylindrical or almost spherical spike-like head up to 2 cm. long. Fls 1.5–2 mm. long; tepals dark brown with broad, white, membr. margins. Stamens 3–(4–6). Capsule ± = tepals, dark brown to black. 2n = 44 (Hair), 48 (Nordenskiöld).

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Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing

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Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing
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39bd9ad9-f173-494a-a21e-259652fc8045
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1 January 2000
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