Luzula traversii var. tenuis Edgar

Volume II (1970) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledons except Graminae

Var. tenuis Edgar in N.Z. J. Bot. 4, 1966, 164.

Type: CHR, 113666, "Cromwell Gorge, c. 700 ft, on rock", H. Nordenskiöld S 173 and H. E. Connor, 5/2/1958.

Lvs < 2 mm. wide. Stamens 6. 2n = 42 (Hair), 46 (Nordenskiöld).

DIST.: S.

Central Otago on rock, from 200–450 m. altitude.

A characteristic feature of this sp. is the ± drooping pyramidal infl. formed by the densely congested fl. spikes.