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Volume II (1970) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledons except Graminae
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Luzula banksiana E.Mey.

L. banksiana Meyer in Linnaea 22, 1849, 412.

L. picta A. Rich. var. banksiana (Meyer) Buch. in Engl. Bot. Jb.  12,  1890,  147.

L. campestris (L.) DC. var. banksiana (Meyer) Buch. in Öst. bot. Z.  48,  1898,  218.

Robust, grass-like, us. many-lvd tufts. Shoots 5–10 mm. thick at the base above the stout, woody, rhizome-like stem-base covered with fibrous remains of old lvs. Lvs flat, margins villous with long white hairs, especially at base of lf, tips obtuse, often much-thickened. Infl. of 1-∞, many- fld clusters. Tepals acuminate. Stamens 6. Capsule < tepals.

Key

1
Lvs stiffly erect, very numerous; fls us. < 2.5 mm. long
var. rhadina
Lvs drooping, or if more rigid not very numerous; fls us. 2.5–4 mm. long
2
2
Tepals with broad, silver-white membr. margins; flowering stems us. < 15 cm. tall
var. banksiana
Tepals with narrow cream margins and dark brown centre, or with broad cream margins and light brown centre; flowering stems us. 10–40 cm. tall
3
3
Tepals dark brown; subtending bracts < or occ. = infl.
var. migrata
Tepals us. cream to light brown; subtending bracts us. much > infl., or ± = infl.
4
4
Fl.-clusters all c. 5 × 5 mm.; lvs flaccid
var. orina
Fl.-clusters mostly c. 10 × 10 mm.; lvs rigid
var. acra
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