Luzula banksiana E.Mey.

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

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

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

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

Tepals dark brown; subtending bracts < or occ. = infl.

var. migrata

Tepals us. cream to light brown; subtending bracts us. much > infl., or ± = infl.

Fl.-clusters all c. 5 × 5 mm.; lvs flaccid

var. orina

Fl.-clusters mostly c. 10 × 10 mm.; lvs rigid

var. acra

Luzula banksiana E.Mey.

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